Bone Cement in Joint Replacement Surgery

Bone cement attaches a prosthesis to a prepared bone bed. Both the quality of cementing technique and that of the bone cement are crucial for the service life of the prosthesis. The first cold-curing bone cement was patented in Germany by the Heraeus Kulzer company in 1943 and finally approved as PALACOS^® for use in  arthroplasty in 1959.

Literature:

1. Breusch SJ et al; Der Stand der Zementiertechnik in Deutschland; Z Orthop. 1999, 137: 101-07;
2. Kühn, K.-D.: „Bone Cements“, Springer 2000.