title: A no-touch technique of loading bone cement for gun injection at total hip arthroplasty.
abstract: Cement guns are widely used to introduce bone cement into the proximal femur at total hip arthroplasty. Loading these devices is cumbersome. A convenient technique for filling cement gun inserts is described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital, Dublin.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rice
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Curtin
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: O'Rourke
mesh_terms: D001843:Bone Cements / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006622:Hip Prosthesis / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D001843:Bone Cements