Spacer^®-K

TAGS Knee Gentamicin

Spacer^®-K is the preformed spacer for knee preloaded with Gentamicin. The device is made with antibiotic loaded bone cement and it’s made of two independent articulating components. It’s available in 3 different sizes (Small, Medium, Large).

The most studied preformed spacer

Tecres spacers represent today the most studied and published spacer devices with over 131 publications in peer-reviewed journals.

High success rate

The relevant clinical information extracted from 37 peer-reviewed papers (30 different hospitals, more than 1,600 unique patients) shows that the infection eradication rate, at a mean follow-up of 56 months, exceeds 91%.

Preformed, safe and reliable

The use of a preformed commercial spacer, with standardized mechanical and pharmacological properties is an option which provides mechanical, biological and pharmacological safety and performance.

Advantages

• maintain the correct joint space
• allow a good range of joint mobility
• promote early rehabilitation by providing a means to avoid muscular retraction
• allow the patient greater function during the treatment period
• allow partial weight-bearing with crutches when the residual bone stock is adequate 
• provide high and inhibitory local concentration of antibiotic in the site of infection at implantation (Bertazzoni Minelli et al., 2015) which is maintained over time (Mutimer et al., 2009).