Heat recordings at tips of Kirschner wires during drilling through human phalanges.
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.
van Egmond
D B
DB
Department of Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Hovius
S E
SE
van der Meulen
J C
JC
den Ouden
A
A
D001864:Bone Wires; D005385:Fingers / Q000601:surgery*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques