So the Bone Flap Hit the Floor, Now What? An In Vitro Comparison of Cadaveric Bone Flap Decontamination Procedures
In the event of the accidental fall of a bone flap, decontamination by rinsing in an alcohol-chlorhexidine solution followed by 3 successive washes in saline seemed to provide the best balance between effectiveness, safety, and complexity of the method.
Authors
- Charles Touchette
- Alexis Marion (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8976-0994)
- Christian Iorio‐Morin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2995-7255)
- Christine Arsenault
- Simon Lévesque (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4356-9702)
- Sara Villeneuve
- Béatrice Huppé-Gignac
- Philippe Martin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0053-6617)
Institutions
- Université de Sherbrooke (CA)
- Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal (CA)
- Université de Montréal (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neurosurgery
- Published
- 2024-11-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1227/neu.0000000000003289
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Facial Trauma and Fracture Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.72
Funders
- Université de Sherbrooke
- Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Santé
- Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney