Titanium Kirschner Wires Resist Biofilms Better Than Stainless Steel and Hydroxyapatite-coated Wires: An In Vitro Study.
McEvoy JP, Martin P, Khaleel A, Dissanayeke S.
McEvoy JP, et al.
Strategies Trauma Limb Reconstr. 2019 May-Aug;14(2):57-64. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10080-1426.
Strategies Trauma Limb Reconstr. 2019.
PMID: 32742415
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CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Our results are consistent with clinical studies which have found that pin site infection rates are reduced by the use of titanium relative to stainless steel or hydroxyapatite-coated pins. HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE: McEvoy JP, Martin P, Khalee …
CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Our results are consistent with clinical studies which have found that pin site infection rates are reduced by the us …