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Heat recordings at tips of Kirschner wires during drilling through human phalanges
D B van Egmond1, S E Hovius, J C van der Meulen
1Department of Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
The Journal of Hand Surgery
|July 1, 1994
Abstract:
The temperature was recorded during drilling through fresh human cadaveric fingers with thermocouples built in the tips of Kirschner wires. High temperatures up to 190 degrees C were measured. This may contribute to osteonecrosis around the wires and to loosening and infections.