Surgery - Implants

Melcher Ga et al. Injury 27:SC3-26, 1996

• In an inoculated infection model in rabbits

• Titanium implants lower infection rate than ss

• Solid IMN lower infection rate than cannulated

• Reaming increased infection rates

• Implants may matter

• ? Statistically significant, clinically insignificant

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