A Migration and Bone Density Study Comparing Hi-Fatigue Bone Cement and Palacos Bone Cement

"Hi-Fatigue bone cement is a new development of Aap Biomaterials, GmbH \& Co that has not yet been tested in the clinical setting. Hi-Fatigue has a medium to low viscosity. Laboratory tests confirm Hi-Fatigue bone cement to have properties equivalent to or better than the golden standard bone cement Palacos. Hi-Fatigue is to be used without pre-chilling. When mixed at a room temperature of 21°C Hi-Fatigue has a low initial viscosity improving mixing and theoretically reducing the porosity of the cured cement."

"Palacos Bone Cement has been used for 48 years and has a good reputation as the gold standard among bone cements (3). It is a high-viscosity cement with rapid application that makes it advantageous for use in orthopedic joint surgery. Palacos cement was developed in order to allow hand mixing of monomers and polymers in a dish in the operating room. Air pollution with toxic monomers in the operating room was a problem that was primarily solved by exhaust ventilation, later supplemented with vacuum mixing"