The use of individually wrapped presterilized small orthopaedic implants increase operating time: a prospective experimental study

OBJECTIVE: There have been concerns about the potential increases in operating time associated with the use of individually wrapped presterilized small orthopaedic implants compared with our traditional method of screw banks. We set out to quantify this theory. DESIGN: Prospective experimental study...

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Autores principales: Khan, Yasmeen, Tokarczyk, Szymon, Khan, Imran, Eleftheriou, Kyriacos, Pearce, Christopher
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Royal Society of Medicine Press 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3697854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23885288
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2042533313476413
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author Khan, Yasmeen
Tokarczyk, Szymon
Khan, Imran
Eleftheriou, Kyriacos
Pearce, Christopher
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description OBJECTIVE: There have been concerns about the potential increases in operating time associated with the use of individually wrapped presterilized small orthopaedic implants compared with our traditional method of screw banks. We set out to quantify this theory. DESIGN: Prospective experimental study. SETTING: Theatre. PARTICIPANTS: Orthopaedic Surgical Trainees and Theatre Scrub team. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: The time taken to complete the operation. RESULTS: The use of prepacked and sterilized implants added 2 min 56 s to the use of a bank with a full complement of normal screws that required tapping and 3 min 58 s if self-tapping screws were used (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Using individually wrapped presterilized small orthopaedic implants increases operating time.
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spelling pubmed-36978542013-07-24 The use of individually wrapped presterilized small orthopaedic implants increase operating time: a prospective experimental study Khan, Yasmeen Tokarczyk, Szymon Khan, Imran Eleftheriou, Kyriacos Pearce, Christopher JRSM Short Rep Research OBJECTIVE: There have been concerns about the potential increases in operating time associated with the use of individually wrapped presterilized small orthopaedic implants compared with our traditional method of screw banks. We set out to quantify this theory. DESIGN: Prospective experimental study. SETTING: Theatre. PARTICIPANTS: Orthopaedic Surgical Trainees and Theatre Scrub team. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: The time taken to complete the operation. RESULTS: The use of prepacked and sterilized implants added 2 min 56 s to the use of a bank with a full complement of normal screws that required tapping and 3 min 58 s if self-tapping screws were used (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Using individually wrapped presterilized small orthopaedic implants increases operating time. Royal Society of Medicine Press 2013-05-29 /pmc/articles/PMC3697854/ /pubmed/23885288 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2042533313476413 Text en 2013 The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Non-commercial Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/), which permits non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Khan, Yasmeen
Tokarczyk, Szymon
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Eleftheriou, Kyriacos
Pearce, Christopher
The use of individually wrapped presterilized small orthopaedic implants increase operating time: a prospective experimental study
title The use of individually wrapped presterilized small orthopaedic implants increase operating time: a prospective experimental study
title_full The use of individually wrapped presterilized small orthopaedic implants increase operating time: a prospective experimental study
title_fullStr The use of individually wrapped presterilized small orthopaedic implants increase operating time: a prospective experimental study
title_full_unstemmed The use of individually wrapped presterilized small orthopaedic implants increase operating time: a prospective experimental study
title_short The use of individually wrapped presterilized small orthopaedic implants increase operating time: a prospective experimental study
title_sort use of individually wrapped presterilized small orthopaedic implants increase operating time: a prospective experimental study
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3697854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23885288
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2042533313476413
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