The range of surgical cements are available in 2 categories:
- cements without antibiotics: FIX™ range ;
- cements with antibiotics: AMINOFIX™ range.
These are acrylic cements formed from a liquid component (monomer) and a powder component (polymer).
They are radiopaque (barium sulphate).
The antibiotic used in the AMINOFIX™ range is gentamicin sulphate (1g/dose).
DESCRIPTION
The AMINOFIX™ range comes in 2 types of viscosity:
Standard viscosity for a conventional cementation: AMINOFIX 1
Low viscosity for a retrograde cementation: AMINOFIX 3