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Pilot investigation into osteotome hard surface coating and cutting-edge degradation

BACKGROUND: Osteotomes are bone cutting tools commonly reused in orthopedic surgical procedures. Despite undergoing rigorous cleaning, visual inspection, and sterilization procedures between every use, the condition of the cutting blade edge is commonly not qualitatively assessed. Subjective feedbac...

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Autores principales: White, David E., Bartley, Jim, Whittington, Christopher, Garcia, Lorenzo M. G., Chand, Kaushik, Turangi, Celine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7350671/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32650812
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13018-020-01768-6