Bone cement is a polymethyl methacrylate mix that is used to fix objects like knee replacements to bone.
Mixing bone cement during surgery
Two components are mixed together in the operating room to form a soft putty that can be pressed into place. It rapidly hardens and will then last for years.
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CLINICAL PUBLICATIONS
Grade III bone cement implantation syndrome in malignant lung cancer patient: a case report. Hamal PK, Poudel PR and Singh J. BMC Anesthesiol. 2018; 18: 28.