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Definition for polymethylmethacrylate (pmma)
Poly(methyl methacrylate) ( PMMA ) poly(methyl 2-methylpropenoate) is a thermoplastic and transparent plastic . Chemically, it is the synthetic polymer of methyl methacrylate . It is sold by the trade names Plexiglas , Vitroflex , Limacryl , R-Cast , Per-Clax , Perspex , Plazcryl , Acrylex , Acrylite , Acrylplast , Altuglas , Polycast , Oroglass , Optix and Lucite and is commonly called acrylic glass , simply acrylic , perspex or plexiglas .
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Poly(methyl methacrylate) ( PMMA ) poly(methyl 2-methylpropenoate) is a thermoplastic and transparent plastic . Chemically, it is the synthetic polymer of methyl methacrylate . It is sold by the trade names Plexiglas , Vitroflex , Limacryl , R-Cast , Per-Clax , Perspex , Plazcryl , Acrylex , Acrylite , Acrylplast , Altuglas , Polycast , Oroglass , Optix and Lucite and is commonly called acrylic glass , simply acrylic , perspex or plexiglas . Acrylic, or acrylic fiber , can also refer to polymers or copolymers containing polyacrylonitrile . The material was developed in 1928 in various laboratories and was brought to market in 1933 by Rohm and Haas Company .
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Acrylic glass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) poly(methyl 2-methylpropenoate) is a ... (PU) · Polyester (PEs) · Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) · Polymethyl ...
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Facial implants with Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) for lipodistrophy ...
Facial implants with Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) for lipodistrophy correction: ... PMMA implants have been largely used in Brazil for years and is used for ...
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Vertebroplasty comparing injectable calcium phosphate cement compared ...
Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) bone cement has been most commonly used but ... PMMA was detected within the trabeculae, vascular channels, and the spinal canal. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18455113
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Surgical removal of extravasated epidural and neuroforaminal ...
... vertebroplasty (PVP) with polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) was developed by ... Among them, extravasations of PMMA cement is the most prevalent and occurs in 11 ...
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Cosmetic Fillers: A Quick Way to End Wrinkles
Cosmetic fillers are materials injected underneath the skin to ... Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) ... PMMA has been used for decades as a cement for bone surgery, ...
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Acrylic resin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... from the Methyl methacrylate monomer (MMA) is Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) ... Polymethyl methacrylate are used not only for transparent windows in aquariums ...
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Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) for facial atrophy treatment: 5 years ...
Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) for facial atrophy treatment: 5 years follow-up. ... PMMA injections demonstrated to be safe, lasting and with excellent ...
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RNAIII-Inhibiting-Peptide-Loaded Polymethylmethacrylate Prevents In ...
Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) beads loaded with the quorum-sensing inhibitor ... Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) is used in orthopedic surgery as a drug delivery ...
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Five-year safety and efficacy of a novel polymethylmethacrylate ...
... novel soft tissue filler composed of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) microspheres ... CONCLUSION: This PMMA filler is the first soft tissue filler to demonstrate ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18086062?ordinalpos=4&ito...
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ArteFill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... of medical grade polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) microspheres and bovine collagen. The PMMA microspheres in ArteFill are not absorbed by the body and therefore ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArteFill
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Note: Control of Staphylococcal Adhesion to Polymethylmethacrylate and ...
Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) is an acrylic cement widely used in orthopedic surgery. ... to polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) and gentamicin-containing PMMA. J ...
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17668862 2008 02 27 2008 07 01 1552-4965 85 1 2008 Apr Variations in ...
... alloy (Ti-6Al-4V), and polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) in the formation of glial ... Cell death caused by PMMA was mainly due to necrosis, while the rest of the ...
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Polymethyl Methacrylate - PubChem Public Chemical Database
PubChem Compound Summary ... Polymethyl Methacrylate - Substance ... PMMA. Polymethyl methacrylate. Poly(methyl methacrylate) Methyl methacrylate homopolymer ...
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Pmma - NextBio
... Pb2+ plasma PMMA poly(methyl methacrylate polymeric polymethyl methacrylate polysulfone SDS ... Fabrication of PMMA CE microchips by infrared-assisted ...
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In Vivo and In Vitro Studies of Antibiotic Release from and Bacterial ...
... of a standardized, antibiotic-loaded polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) spacer. ... The explanted PMMA spacers were cleaned with distilled water under sterile ...
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Properties of an injectable low modulus PMMA bone cement for ...
The use of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) cement to reinforce fragile or broken ... PMMA with a reduced Young's modulus may be more suitable. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18288697?ordinalpos=1&ito...
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Amikacin or Clindamycin Release Kinetics from Polymethylmethacrylate or ...
BACKGROUND: Antibiotic-loaded polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) bone cement is ... PMMA beads must be surgically removed after use and the antimicrobial release ...
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Electrical Tree or Lichtenberg Figure
... inside a 1.5" cube of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) using a 3 MeV electron accelerator. ... Lichtenberg Figures - How to Make a Lichtenberg Figure ...
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Delayed Bone Cement Displacement Following Balloon Kyphoplasty
... percutaneous injection of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) into a fractured vertebra. ... Many of the complications of PMMA injection are mainly related to ...
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In vitro and in vivo biological responses to a novel radiopacifying ...
... polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) bone cement, to replace the currently used barium ... bone resorption assays, the effect of PMMA particles plus IDX or IHX to ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16849166?ordinalpos=34&it...
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Methyl methacrylate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... produced on a large scale for the production of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) ... is the manufacture of polymethyl methacrylate acrylic plastics (PMMA) ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methyl_methacrylate
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In vitro evaluation of antibiotic diffusion from antibiotic-impregnated ...
Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), 2,000-molecular-weight (MW) polylactic acid (PLA) ... Nondissolving PMMA beads with tobramycin and clindamycin had concentrations well ...
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Polymethylmethacrylate particles stimulate bone resorption of mature ...
Treatment of end-stage osteoclasts with PMMA particles did not result in an ... Polymethyl Methacrylate. Grant Support: AR46121/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States ...
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Intraocular lens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) was the first material to be used successfully in ... PMMA and acrylic lenses can also be used with small incisions and are a better ...
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Continuous Hemodiafiltration with PMMA Hemofilter in the Treatment of ...
... (CHDF) using a polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) membrane hemofilter ... PMMA-CHDF: polymethylmethacrylate-continuous hemodiafiltration, SBP: systolic ...
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Effect of hydroxyapatite coating and polymethylmethacrylate on ...
... of hydroxyapatite (HA) coating and polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) cement on the ... Uncoated, HA-coated, and PMMA-cemented stainless steel implants were ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17600319?ordinalpos=3&ito...
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Polycarbonate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... of polycarbonate are quite like those of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA; acrylic) ... methacrylate (PMMA) · Polyoxymethylene (POM) · Polysulfone (PES) · Styrene ...
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PMMA particles and pressure--a study of the osteolytic properties of ...
... are polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), and particularly PMMA with barium sulphate contrast agent. ... Further, PMMA particles were introduced into a previously ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12568949?ordinalpos=7&ito...
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Tumor Necrosis Factor-? Mediates Orthopedic Implant Osteolysis
... and supporting cement, the latter consisting of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) ... Commercially prepared PMMA particles, in the form of bone cement, were obtained ...
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Electrical treeing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Within the field of electrical engineering, treeing is an electrical pre-breakdown ... figure), imbedded within a 1.5" cube of Polymethyl Methacrylate (PMMA) ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_treeing
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ArteFill Information from Drugs.com
ArteFill is a dermal filler used to correct smile lines. ... used synthetic implant materials in medicine, polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) ...
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Radiation dose and image quality for paediatric interventional cardiology.
... kerma (ESAK) and image quality using a test object and polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) phantoms have been measured for the typical paediatric patient thicknesses ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18612174?ordinalpos=1&ito...
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A new adhesive technique for internal fixation in midfacial surgery
Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) has been widely used in dentistry since 1930s, and ... MMA: methylmethacrylate; PMMA: polymethylmethacrylate; PVC: polyvinyl chloride; ...
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View Study [NEI Clinical Studies]
Clinical Trials Research Tool Supported by the NEI. ... of either polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) or a PMMA-silicone combination (Polycon) ...
http://www.nei.nih.gov/neitrials/viewStudyWeb.aspx?id=22
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The Patterns of Intraosseous Venography before Percutaneous ...
... this venous communications, polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) leakage can cause ... The PMMA leakage during PVP, mainly occurs through intracortical fracture or ...
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7839589 1995 03 02 1995 03 02 2006 11 15 0161-3499 23 5 1994 Sep-Oct ...
... pins or screws interconnected with polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) were applied to ... Screw-PMMA fixations failed by screw bending and were less rigid and ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7839589
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Comparative evaluation of microdiscectomy only, autograft fusion ...
... bone graft (ABG), polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) interposition, and threaded titanium cage (TTC) ... in patients treated with PMMA was comparable with that ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16212331
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Complications and safety aspects of kyphoplasty for osteoporotic ...
... intravertebral injection of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) in patients with ... No sign of cement embolisms or allergic reactions to PMMA monomers was seen. ...
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File:PMMA repeating unit.svg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
File:PMMA repeating unit.svg. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jump ... Skeletal formula of the polymethyl methacrylate repeating unit (Perspex, (C5O2H8) ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PMMA_repeating_unit.svg
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Effects of porcine small intestinal submucosa on e...[Am J Vet Res ...
... 27 POP cylinders, 27 POP spheres, and 9 polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) spheres. ... Curvature factor of the PMMA-release curve remained lower than that for any POP ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17269883
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Comparison of decentration and tilt between one piece and three piece ...
... compared between one piece polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) and three ... Comparison of the decentration between the one piece and three piece PMMA IOLs. ...
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Osteoporosis: Bone, Joint, and Muscle Disorders: Merck Manual Home Edition
... about an hour for each vertebra, a material called polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) ... and kyphoplasty, deformity may be reduced in the PMMA-injected bone, but the ...
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec05/ch060/ch060a.html
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MRI virtual biopsies: analysis of an explanted endovascular device and ...
... polymethymethacrylate (PMMA) embedding, but this approach requires ... was processed for histology after polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) embedding. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16537177?ordinalpos=26&it...
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Contact lens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... the 1930s when polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA or Perspex/Plexiglas) was developed, ... One important disadvantage of PMMA lenses is that no oxygen is transmitted ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact_lens
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In Vitro Testing of Antimicrobial Activity of Bone Cement
Loading polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) bone cement with antibiotics to reduce ... polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) and mechanical assessment of antibiotic-PMMA ...
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of PMMA, silicone, or acrylic intra-ocular ...
... Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), Hydrophilic acrylic and Silicone) implanted after ... PMMA had the best ratio in Germany, was second in Spain and only third ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16272054?ordinalpos=18&it...
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Segmental Deformity Correction after Balloon Kyphoplasty in the ...
... body by percutaneous polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) injection was introduced by ... After the PMMA became hard, the bone filler was removed. ...
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Percutaneous sacroplasty for osteoporotic sacral insufficiency ...
Percutaneous injection of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) into the fractured ala, ... foramen and sacroiliac joint through which 2 to 3 cc of PMMA were injected. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17981097?ordinalpos=2&ito...
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A micro-fluidic study of whole blood behaviour on PMMA topographical ...
... protein adsorption on nano-structured polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) surfaces. ... The geometry of the PMMA surface structures is controlled varying the ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2279145
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The effect of pulsed jet lavage in vertebroplasty on injection forces ...
Before polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) vertebroplasty, a pulsatile jet-lavage for ... All specimens underwent standardized PMMA cement augmentation injecting 20% of ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18978585?ordinalpos=2&ito...
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