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ArticleAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Safety and Efficacy of Vancomycin-Gentamicin PMMA Bead Pouch Therapy in the Management of Pyogenic Soft Tissue Infections of the Extremities: A Case Series of 19 Patients.

Stavros Goumenos, Sebastian Meller, Konstantinos Dimas, Ioannis Trikoupis, Sokratis Varitimidis, Charalampos Zalavras, Vasileios Kontogeorgakos

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Article in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Stavros GoumenosCharité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery (CMSC), Campus Virchow Klinikum, 13353 Berlin, Germany.
Sebastian MellerCharité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery (CMSC), Campus Virchow Klinikum, 13353 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9457-6187
Konstantinos DimasDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Thessaly, 41500 Larissa, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-7481-9148
Ioannis TrikoupisThe Royal Orthopedic Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham B31 2AP, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4759-4814
Sokratis VaritimidisDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, University General Hospital of Larissa, University of Thessaly, 41110 Larissa, Greece.
Charalampos ZalavrasDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA.
Vasileios KontogeorgakosDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, ATTIKON University General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12426 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-6356-4346

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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beadslocal antibiotic deliveryPMMAsoft tissue infectionvancomycin

Identifiers

PMID42041315
PMCPMC13113936

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