A comparison between three irrigation methods in the debridement of contaminated bovine cancellous bone and the effect of duration of irrigation on the efficiency of debridement
Author(s) -
Cemal Kural
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.586
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2589-1294
pISSN - 1017-995X
DOI - 10.3944/aott.2009.359
Subject(s) - medicine , debridement (dental) , irrigation , therapeutic irrigation , pulsatile flow , cancellous bone , contamination , clearance , surgery , biomedical engineering , ecology , urology , biology
Irrigation and debridement constitute an important part of treatment of open fractures. We investigated the efficiency of different irrigation methods and durations in cleansing contaminated bovine femur cancellous bone samples and the extent of tissue damage associated with irrigation.
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