The Reamer-Irrigator-Aspirator: Roles and Evidence Supporting its use in Current Orthopaedic Practice
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Gerhard Kuntscher [1] first recognized that placing larger intramedullary devices enhanced the healing of long bone fractures. By the mid-1950’s he had adopted motorized reaming as a standard part of his technique. However, he also recognized that intramedullary fat could be a source of potentially fatal embolus if introduced systemically. To avoid this complication, he recommended over sizing the entry portal to allow the intramedullary contents to escape during insertion, as well as delaying intramedullary instrumentation in hemodynamically unstable patients [1].
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