title: The influence of storage temperature on the antibiotic release of vancomycin-loaded polymethylmethacrylate.
abstract: Periprosthetic joint infection is devastating and increases medical expenditure and socioeconomic burden. Antibiotic-loaded cement spacer is useful in the interim period before the reimplantation surgery. Prefabricated antibiotic-loaded cement spacers can decrease operation time but have been limitedly used clinically. In the literature, there is no clear recommendation on the storage temperature for the prefabricated cement spacers. We used an in vitro model to analyze whether the storage temperature at 25°C, 4°C, or -20°C for 2 weeks or 3 months could affect the release of vancomycin from the cement. We found that the storage temperature and time had no significant effects on the pattern and amount of vancomycin release. The patterns of vancomycin release from the cement stored at different temperatures were similar with an abrupt release in the first 3 days and steadily declined in the following period. This study provides a preliminary result to justify the storage of fabricating antibiotic-loaded cement spacer sterilely packed at room temperature. Further studies to examine the effects of storage temperature on the mechanical strength and the release pattern of other antibiotics should be done to provide more evidence to support the clinical use of prefabricated ready-to-use antibiotic-loaded cement spacer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Dave W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yuhan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Pang-Hsin
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Hsieh
authors.forename: Steve W N
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Ueng
authors.forename: Mel S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D001843:Bone Cements / Q000737:chemistry*; D020878:Device Removal; D004356:Drug Storage / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008422:Materials Testing; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000601:surgery; D013696:Temperature; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001843:Bone Cements; D014640:Vancomycin; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate
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