We present the case of a 63-year-old woman who sustained an acrylic cement burn of the sciatic nerve at hip replacement. She was treated by resection of the damaged segment and grafting. Electron microscopy showed that the nerve was nearly normal 1 cm from the cement margin indicating that this is a safe level for resection.

The number of vertebral fractures related with osteoporosis has become more frequent in developed countries given the increase in population age. Percutaneous vertebroplasty with acrylic cement is one of the palliative therapies available. A rare complication provoked from this technique is cement embolism. We present the case of a multiple pulmonary embolism caused by acrylic cement observed i...

Introduction Displaced fractures of the distal radius are typically repaired by either closed reduction and casting or open reduction with internal plate fixation. This treatment dichotomy fails for elderly patients, where risks associated with open surgery outweigh benefits, and malunions after closed reduction frequently result in deformity. A need exists for minimally invasive fixation which...

Esters of acrylic acid, in particular methyl methacrylate, have wide applications in a number of industrial and consumer products, forming very desirable nonbreakable glass-like materials. In dentistry, the monomers are used to prepare dentures and a variety of filling and coating materials for the teeth. Surgeons utilize the monomers to prepare a cement which helps anchor prosthetic devices to...

The high stiffness of acrylic bone cements has been hypothesized to contribute to the increased number of fractures encountered after vertebroplasty, which has led to the development of low-modulus cements. However, there is no data available on the in vivo biocompatibility of any low-modulus cement. In this study, the in vitro cytotoxicity and in vivo biocompatibility of two types of low-modul...

− The use of bone cements of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) to fix artificial prosthesis to the human body is a habitual method in orthopedic surgery. The hip and the knee joints have a very complex biomechanics and support high loads, for these reasons, acrylic bone cements have to comply with international standards in order to secure the biofuncionality and durability of the implant. In th...