Hips while-u-wait. Designing total hips during surgery.
1. There are an infinite number of configurations of the human femur. Individualized implants can now be made through the use of computer-assisted design. 2. Another technique is to pour a quick-setting Silastic molding material directly into the femur during surgery, taking the mold to a laboratory in the hospital, and manufacturing the custom prosthesis in about 45 minutes. 3. These techniques have increased the nurses' responsibilities dramatically, requiring them to handle approximately 17 trays of instruments as well as power and manual tools, and supervising non-physician personnel in the operating room.
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D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D011474:Prosthesis Design