Bone cement is a substance commonly used to hold implants in bone. Often cement is used for hip replacement and knee replacement surgery.
Cement is a misnomer, as most often the word cement is used to describe something that adheres, or sticks together, two substances. Cement implies that the material sticks the implant into the bone. In reality, bone cement should really be called bone grout. The reason is that this material actually acts as a space-filler, to create a tight space for the implants to be held against the bone. Bone cement does not stick substances together, rather it fills the void between the implant and the surrounding bone.
Related: How Implants Are Held In Bone
Has anyone here had any allergic reaction to this cement? If so, what was used as an alternative?
I have never heard of an allergy to bone cement.
There are joint replacement implants that do not use this cement, but it does require healthy bone that is strong enough to support the implant.
Regards,
Jonathan Cluett MD
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I had surgery on my knee on Jun 15, 2007, I had a giant cell tumor inside my femur bone. I had to go through surgery and bone cement was put into my femur bone. I used to play basketball in college, but since surgery my doctor told me I cannot run or jump again. I have been having the hardest time staying away from basketball, I want to know if there is anyway I can ever run again? I want to know so I wont damage my knee or my femur. I been trying to do so much research to find someone like me…. but my case is very rare and I am getting no where…. PLEASE HELP! thank you
Nicole
Dear Dr. Cluett
Your take on Bone Cement is all wrong. As a leading dental materials expert, Bone Cement’s MMA and residual MMA is outright POISON and is banned for false fingernails since 1974.
S.J. Lustgarten
My Mom had a failed shoulder replacement and we have just sought a second opinion. Before the doctor gives the opinion he wants to know if bone cement was used and is questionning osteolytis gravis. What does this mean and why is it significant as to whether he can redo it?
I had a hip replacement on June 22, 09, and 5 mo. later I’m having sever pain in the femor area. A bone scan shows movement of the stem. What should I do? What are the complications of a revision. I’m 50 and in good health otherwise…Help, Thanks, Cheryl
I am a retired operating room nurse who worked in the total joint replacement room for 27 years and then developed a severe asthma from the liquid polymer part of the cement. I had to leave the surgery dept as if I had one whiff of the liquid, I would start to cough and become hoarse and have trouble breathing. I am scheduled for a total knee replacement shortly and will have to have a press fit knee.
Help…had a partial knee replacement Sept 09. Having pain in knee . Xrays show cement in joint. What are my opitions? Also my leg is now croocked is this a common outcome from knee replacement?
My Mom is 92 and had hip replacement surgery about 20 years ago. As the years have gone by she has had some hip pain but has never considered a revision hip replacement. Last week she experienced extreme hip pain and x-rays showed that there were several cracks in the grout/cement around the femur. She is not a candidate for surgery. It is unknown if the cracks are new or have been there for awhile. No one even knows for sure if that is what is causing the pain. Any comments on diagnosis/prognosis?
Hi i am Govind kapusetti,Research scholar and i am working on pmma bone cement ,there are many types of bone cements are avilable in the market ,ordinory bone cement,antibiotic bone cement and some composte bone cements for aged persions antibiotic bone cement is very useful for their immunosystem and bone cement is very important one in joint replacement surjery, because it enhance the life and also enhance the strength ,so my suggestion is if any body replace their joint they will must use bone cement.
Am a dentist ,and i want to know if i can use bone cement to re-implant an extracted tooth that was impacted in an abnormal position…so would this bone cement fix it in place without any other kind of fixation and what about the healing??
Hi, does anyone know whether this bone cement could be used to correct deformity of the back of the head? Doesnt it need to be placed between 2 bones? Thanks
i want to know is there any chance to produce genetic motasio by use orthopaedic cement for pregnant woman?im a nurse in operating room and we use cement there;is there any threat for me and my baby by smelling cement?pls answer me
I severely broke my leg and lost a good piece of my Tibia. As of now there is bone grout with screws in place. Can a doctor just leave the grout and not do a bone graph? Can the bone grout be left in for good?
can we use bone cement to keep in position two or more pieces of factured bone at maxilla or frontal bone?
I need to know wat is the best ttt for a 82 year old female with osteoporosis and severe osteoarthritis with fracture neck femur wid a moving and walkin life mode (she walks) and y????
Regards
RE: NIcole 2008 Bone Cement
I 2 want 2 run again. The g-cell-tmr
I had (2004), burst befr my oprtn, and
even mor bone-cmt was used. This makes
re-bldng themuscle round my knee very hard.
Looking for help/suggestns, luv hoops myself,
not giving up.
bone cement least with gentemicin how long is it supposed to stay on the fractured femur
I had total right knee replacement done on 5/10/10 at Wellington Regional Hospital, Florida. I am allergic to bone cement, since then I have going through a lot medical problems, pain, inflamation, burning, hot, redness, circulation, swollen . My doctor is trying to get approve the process of press fit without using any joint cement at all.
Let me know if out there is another person having the same problems.???? Help..
To Nicole,
I now how u must feel cause I too had a giant cell tumor in my left shoulder and its replace with bone cement as well. I have already had 3 surgeries and still having trouble. Please contact me at LsassiJ213@aol.com. It’s hard enough to go thru this and have noone understand how hard its been.
Linda
i have the same case as of nicole, plz tell me if ever i can walk properly in future, i dnt want to use sticks
You really don’t say want bone cement is? What is made from, where is comes from, is it man-made or a natural thing?
Have had increased pain over the past few years in my knees. I have had my left knee replaced in 2001.It has done mostly good. My right knee is a different story. I had my first replacement in 1999 on my right knee and it has never been real good since. I have had 3 partial revisions. The last of which was in 2009. Since that time the pain has been tremendous. I was recently tested for metal & polimer allergies to find out that I am allergic to most of the metals including titanium, but the worst allergy is for the cement. My question is Is the pain from the allergy? What else can be used instead of thre polimers that they use for cement?
Desparate for answers
Peggy Jones