Osteotome
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Anosteotomeis an instrument used for cutting or preparing bone.[1]Osteotomes are similar to achiselbut bevelled on both sides.[2]They are used today inplastic surgery,orthopedic surgeryanddental implantation.[3]
Thechain osteotome,originally referred to simply as the osteotome, was invented by the German physicianBernhard Heinein 1830.[4][5]This device is essentially a smallchainsaw.[6][7]
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[edit]- ^Gould, George Milbry; Scott, Richard John Ernst (1919).The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary: Containing All the Words and Phrases Generally Used in Medicine and the Allied Sciences, with Their Proper Pronunciation, Derivation, and Definition.P. Blakiston's. pp.639–.Retrieved2 December2012.
- ^Swiontkowski, Marc F. (2012-09-10).Manual of Orthopaedics.Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 209–.ISBN9781451115925.Retrieved2 December2012.
- ^Summers, Robert B. (1994)."A new concept in maxillary implant surgery: the osteotome technique"(PDF).Compendium.15(2). Newtown, Pa.: 152–154. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2014-05-17.Retrieved2012-12-02.
- ^The Lancet London: A Journal of British and Foreign Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics, Physiology, Chemistry, Pharmacology, Public Health and News.Elsevier. 1835. pp. 127–.
- ^Seufert, Wolf D. (1980). "The Chain Osteotome by Heine".Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences.XXXV(4): 454–459.doi:10.1093/jhmas/XXXV.4.454.ISSN0022-5045.
- ^Peltier, Leonard F. (1993).Orthopedics: History and Iconography.Norman Publishing. pp. 37–.ISBN9780930405472.Retrieved2 December2012.
- ^Tillmanns, Hermann (1895).The principles of surgery and surgical pathology: general rules governing operations and the application of dressings.D. Appleton and company. pp.84–.Retrieved2 December2012.
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