Plunging when drilling: Effect of using blunt drill bits

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 482-487

  Alajmo, Giuseppe ^a,b   Schlegel, Urs ^b   Gueorguiev, Boyko ^b   Matthys, Romano ^b   Gautier, Emanuel ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO   (Colombia)

^b AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c Hopital Cantonal de Fribourg   (Switzerland)

^d University of Lausanne Medical Center   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

bone drilling; patient safety; plunging; simulation; surgical performance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRILL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PLUNGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; BONE AND BONES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

EID: 84864342540     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: 15312291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3182336ec3     Document Type: Article

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