What is OSTEOSET made of?

OSTEOSET® Bone Graft Pellets are made of medical grade calcium sulfate.

What is OSTEOSET?

The OSTEOSET® Pellet Injector is a biocompatible, polypropylene disposable device provided pre-loaded and pre-sterilized for single patient use. The injector delivers controlled, precise, and efficient placement of the OSTEOSET® T Bone Graft Substitute Pellets.

Is Osteoset Osteoconductive?

Wright Medical’s proprietary surgical grade calcium sulfate (OSTEOSET® Bone Graft Substitute) is recognized for its clinical performance as an osteoconductive matrix for bone repair.

What are antibiotic beads?

Antibiotic beads are an attractive method of treatment in the management and prevention of osteomyelitis. Antibiotic beads provide high local concentrations of antibiotic at the site of infection without significant systemic toxicity.

Are Stimulan antibiotic beads biodegradable?

Stimulan is a biodegradable, delayed-release antibiotic vehicle comprised of calcium sulfate. Antibiotics can be mixed with calcium sulfate to make beads that can be implanted into tissues, thereby releasing high local concentrations of antibiotics over 4–8 weeks [6, 7].

Do antibiotic beads dissolve?

All received six weeks of systemic antibiotics either based on the culture reports or broad spectrum in cases where the cultures were negative based on the recommendations of the infectious disease specialist. Radiographic analysis showed dissolution of all the beads at an average of 36 days.

How long does antibiotic beads last?

The antibiotic is completely released over a two- to three-month period with high concentrations detectable for at least four weeks. Calcium sulfate beads seem to be a viable bioabsorbable alternative to PMMA antibiotic beads in the adjunctive treatment of musculoskeletal infections, and warrant further study.

Is Stimulan an implant?

STIMULAN® Rapid Cure is manufactured from synthetic implant grade calcium sulfate dihydrate (CaSO4. 2H2O) that resorbs and is replaced with bone during the healing process.

What is Stimulan used for?

STIMULAN can be used in cases with an infected site to fill a bone void or defect created by a cyst, tumor, traumatic injury or osteomyelitis. Patient presented with: infected femoral nail and non-union of left femur with persistent discharging wounds proximally and distally.

When should antibiotics beads be removed?

It is very important that the wound is closed as in an aseptic operation to achieve high local concentrations of the antibiotic, which is leached out by the postoperative hematoma from the beads by diffusion. The chain should be extracted within 7–10 days.