Publications by authors named "Consuelo Jimenez De La Fuente"
Background: The objectives of this study were to determine whether intramedullary reaming increases bone temperature in vivo to a level that is high enough to produce bone necrosis and to determine the influence of the size and the condition of the reamers on the temperature increase.
Methods: Bone temperature variations were recorded in vivo during intramedullary tibial reaming in fourteen minipigs. The left tibiae were progressively reamed from 6 to 9 mm.