Some of the systems marketed for pulsatile high-pressure lavage are clearly different in their mechanical pulse characteristics. To take the matter further we set up an experimental in vitro model to determine whether these different lavage systems might produce different cementation results because of their differing pulse characteristics, and whether the systems differed significantly in terms of cement depth penetration.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Regensburg, Asklepios Klinikum, Kaiser-Karl V-Allee 3, 93077, Bad Abbach, Germany. thomas.kalteis@klinik.uni-regensburg.de
