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.
Leijssen
Philip
P
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Saint Luc University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.
Thienpont
Emmanuel
E
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