To study the antimicrobial effect of a gentamicin loaded bio-composite bone void filler in relation to a limited or extensive debridement of osteomyelitis lesions, respectively. Nine pigs were inoculated into the right proximal tibial bone with a high virulent gentamicin sensitive strain of Aim
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The increasing incidence of orthopaedic In eight pigs, implant-associated osteomyelitis was induced on day 0, using a Aim
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A reason for treatment failure, in cases of periprosthetic bone infections and osteomyelitis, may be incomplete or heterogeneous tissue distribution of antimicrobials to the affected bone. Decreased bioavailability has been demonstrated in healthy bones but never in pathological bone tissue. Therefore, the aim was to obtain pharmacokinetic parameters of cefuroxime in infected bone tissue by means of microdialysis in a porcine model of implant associated osteomyelitis An implant cavity of 4 mm in diameter was drilled 25 mm into the right tibial bone of ten pigs (30 kg/BW). Subsequently, a small steel implant (K-wire 2 × 2 mm) and 104 CFU of Aim
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