Bone cement implantation syndrome--responses to queries.

Editor—We appreciate the comments fromDr Karnwal and colleagues and Dr Jain and colleagues and their interest in our recent publication. Regarding the question from Dr Karnwal and colleagues on the type of anaesthetic administered to the patients, an overwhelmingmajority of the included patients (85–90%) received spinal anaesthesia for their surgery, as also stated in Table 1. In addition, the patients were sedated by propofol. We agree that the use of MMA could be a problem for the working environment. Here follow the responses to the comments from Dr Jain and colleagues: