Keeping Osteocytes Alive: A Comparison of Drilling and Hammering K-Wires into Bone

In this study, the insertion time and histological effects of drilling and hammering K-wires into bone are described. The insertion time was measured while drilling or hammering K-wires into the femurs and tibias of ten rabbits. Four K-wires, inserted into one hind limb, were used for histological e...

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