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Improving surgical results in bone and joint surgery

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  • Oct 24, 2016

A supplier of bone cements, HERAEUS MEDICAL develops, produces, and markets biomaterials and accessories to make an essential contribution to improving surgical results in bone and joint surgery as well as infection management. Products include

  • COPAL G+C contains Gentamicin and Clindamycin for implant fixation in hemiarthroplasty and revision procedures. 
  • COPAL Spacem is especially suited for moulding of temporary spacers as part of two-stage revisions and is ideally suited to the copal Knee moulds.
  • COPAL G+V bone cement for septic revision contains gentamicin and vancomycin. This combination works specifically against methicillin-resistant pathogens (MRSA/MRSE) in bone and joint infections.
  • PALACOS bone cement – the gold standard in primary arthroplasty
 

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