Negative pressure suction technique for bone cement introduction into the delivery syringe. A technical note.
The authors present in this brief note a technique to facilitate the introduction of high viscosity bone cement into a cement syringe for retrograde high pressure cementing during total hip or revision knee arthroplasty. The nozzle part of the syringe is connected to the suction device used intra-operatively, to achieve a negative pressure in the syringe. Introduction of the cement into the syringe is thus greatly facilitated, which saves time during the curing process.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Saint Luc University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.
Philip
P
Leijssen
Emmanuel
E
Thienpont
D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; D001843:Bone Cements; D002484:Cementation / Q000379:methods*; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems; D006801:Humans; D012086:Reoperation; D013396:Suction / Q000379:methods*; D013594:Syringes
D001843:Bone Cements