Method of drilling living bone

Details Method of drilling living bone Method of drilling living bone

1980-09-26

1983-02-15

Howell, Kyle L.

Surgery

Truss

Perineal

128 92B, 128310, A61F 504

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043735185

ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to a method of using a half-drill for drilling holes in living bone for orthopaedic operations. The invention also relates to a method of using a half-drill tip on skeletal bone pin for drilling holes in living bone and subsequently using that skeletal pin with external immobilization devices or alone in circumstances where a Steinmann Pin or large Kirschner wire might commonly be selected.

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Stanley Tools Full Line Catalog 1979/1980, p. 10.
"Temperatures Measured In Human Cortical Bone When Drilling," Matthews et al., The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Mar. 1972, vol. 54-A, No. 2, pp. 297-308.

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