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Craniotomes have shown to be fast and precise in performing bone flaps. Nevertheless, in everyday practice, the neurosurgeon can experience breakage of the blade and other complications like dural tears during cutting of the bone. We developed a test procedure for craniotomies and used it to compare two blade types. We used bovine scapulae to perform three tests. Five testers carried out every trial. Test 1: a 4-cm straight line was performed with both blades. Test 2: each tester performed a spiral cut. Test 3: a zig-zag cut with angles of 90° was performed by all testers with both blade types. The mean time needed to achieve the 4-cm cut in test 1 was 29.50 and 17.88 s, respectively, for the previous and new blade. In test 2, the calculated mean speed (cm/s) was 0.138 using the previous blade model and 0.178 using the new one. In test 3, the mean number of 90° angles per second performed with both blades is comparable with values of 0.058 and 0.063, respectively, for the previous and new blade. The variable considered: speed of cutting and resistance to breakage shows that the novel blade is faster in performing all the three types of cut and has higher compliance with stress.

Craniotomy tools: description of a test model for the evaluation of craniotome blade efficiency