Trans-sternal cardiac injury caused by a hooked needle
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New sternal puncture needle.
The needles most commonly used for obtaining bone marrow aspirates from the sternum are the Salah and Klima needles. They were designed in the 1930s, and except for the introduction of different kinds of stops and guards there has been no change in their basic structure and design. These instruments are small, do not fit properly in the operator's hand, and the lack of a T-bar handle often make...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emergency Medicine Journal
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1472-0205,1472-0213
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2004.014779