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A U G U S T 2 0 1 4 | S U P P L E M E N T T O O U T P AT I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E
S U R G I C A L I N S T R U M E N T S
Power Tool
Preferences
I
n joint replacement, sports medicine and ortho-
pedic trauma cases, surgical power tools make
efficient and precise work of the sawing,
drilling, burring, reaming and wire driving nec-
essary to prepare bone and place implant hard-
Keep these factors in mind
when equipping your surgeons.
David Bernard | Senior Associate Editor
TOOLS OF THE TRADE Power, speed, torque and ergonomics
play a part in a surgical power tool's usefulness.
Pamela
Bevelhymer,
RN,
BSN