These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Intramedullary plugs in cemented hip arthroplasty.
    Author: Beim GM, Lavernia C, Convery FR.
    Journal: J Arthroplasty; 1989; 4(2):139-41. PubMed ID: 2746246.
    Abstract:
    The use of intramedullary plugs in cemented total joint arthroplasty is currently considered standard practice by most surgeons. In this in vitro study, the authors evaluated the holding power, migration, and leakage of four commonly used plug types--bone, acrylic bone cement, and two polymeric plugs from different manufacturers. Only acrylic bone cement plugs prevented distal leakage of cement and did not migrate under the influences of pressurized cement injection.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]