Sharp Long Balfour Curette
Connecting screw
A long, thin metal probe with a narrow tapered tip with one or two blunt teeth near the head so the handles sit lower than the No.
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- Clamping & Occluding
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What it does and the lengths it comes in.
What it’s for
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Lengths and variants
COOLIEF cooled probes are 17 gauge, 50 to 150 mm long, 13 mm block with 80 mm spread, 6-1/8 in; child 15 x 13 mm block with 70 mm long and 10 to 16 mm long, with 2, 4 or 5.5 mm active tips, sold in kits with introducers and a 4-0 polypropylene ripcord preloaded in the cited guide).
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5 sources
- Chapter 13 (Cardiothoracic and Vascular Instrumentation), p. Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice. Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice. Chapter 12 (Assembly and Packaging), p. TN-ADVANCED Tibial Nailing System, Infrapatellar Approach, Surgical Technique. 207-209
- Fuller JK. 253 Chapter 11 (Surgical Instruments), p. Chapter 11 (Surgical Instruments), p. 204-206
- IAHCSMM. DePuy Synthes. 2nd ed. 2nd ed. 345
- Fuller JK. Chapter 3 (General instruments), p. Synthes GmbH 03.043.019, Connecting Screw/Cannulated Short. accessgudid.nlm.nih.gov 82-83
- Phillips N. 3rd ed.
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