Uso de placa de polimetilmetacrilato impregnada com antibiótico no tratamento de fraturas: Revisão de literatura

Abstract

Fractures are pathological conditions very recurrent in veterinary medicine and the chosen treatment can present several setbacks. Osteomyelitis is an inflammatory and infectious process that often affects the bone and it’s marrow, hindering consolidations and causing great damage. That’s why the use of antibiotic-impregnated polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) plates is an alternative method to reduce fracture while treat and prevent infections. With this study, the goal was to lead a systematic review on the use of PMMA plates impregnated with antibiotics in humans, dogs, cats, horses and farm animals, as well as the biomechanical resistance tests required to validate the use of the implant. The consulted bibliography belongs to online sites, journals and universities collections. The methodology used was descriptive-qualitative to approach and describe the core of this study. It was possible to conclude, according to the consulted literature, that the use of PMMA plates impregnated with antibiotics can be an advantageous alternative, although there is a lack of information in living animals with satisfactory samples in the species mentioned, in addition, there is a need to determine the influence that healing and gait exert on the bone/implant set.