https://airandlackthereof.com/Recent content on Air & Lack ThereofHugoen-usSun, 08 Feb 2026 20:00:00 +0000https://airandlackthereof.com/bone-cement-implantation-syndrome/Sun, 08 Feb 2026 20:00:00 +0000https://airandlackthereof.com/bone-cement-implantation-syndrome/<article> <h1>Bone Cement Implantation Syndrome (BCIS)</h1> <section> <h2>Introduction</h2> <p> Bone Cement<label for="sn-bone-cement" class="margin-toggle sidenote-number"></label><input type="checkbox" id="sn-bone-cement" class="margin-toggle"/><span class="sidenote"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone_cement" target="_blank">Bone cement</a> is polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), the same polymer used to make acrylic glass (sold under brand names such as Plexiglas).</span> Implantation Syndrome (BCIS, historically also known as <i>Palacos reaction</i>) is a complication that <strong>can occur during both cemented and uncemented arthroplasty</strong> that "comprises the occurrence of hypoxaemia, hypotension, unexpected loss of consciousness, or cardiac arrest occurring around the time of cementation, prosthesis insertion, or reduction of the joint in arthroplasty".<label for="sn-occurrence" class="margin-toggle sidenote-number"></label><input type="checkbox" id="sn-occurrence" class="margin-toggle"/><span class="sidenote"><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40634186/" target="_blank">Bone cement implantation syndrome: a scoping review</a> by Brokke KE et al., DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2025.05.041</span> </p>