Vancomycin Elution Kinetics of Four Antibiotic Carriers Used in Orthopaedic Surgery: In Vitro Study over 42 Days

• Main Authors: Maria Anna Smolle (Author), Hana Murtezai (Author), Tobias Niedrist (Author), Florian Amerstorfer (Author), Nina Hörlesberger (Author), Lukas Leitner (Author), Sebastian Martin Klim (Author), Reingard Glehr (Author), Raju Ahluwalia (Author), Andreas Leithner (Author), Mathias Glehr (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This study aimed to analyse and compare the vancomycin elution kinetics of four biodegradable, osteoconductive antibiotic carriers used in clinical practice within a 42-day in vitro setting. Carriers A and D already contained vancomycin (1.1 g and 0.247 g), whereas carriers B and C were mixed with v...