Needle holder damage to surgical needles
Abidin, M.R.; Thacker, J.G.; Lombardi, S.A.; Bond, R.F.; Dunlap, J.A.; Gordon, K.B.; McGregor, W.; Edlich, R.F.
American Surgeon 55(11): 681-684
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-1348 PMID: 2817623 Document Number: 341196
Clamping surgical needles between the jaws of needle holders with teeth markedly weaken the needles, making them prone to breakage. In contrast, clamping surgical needles between either smooth needle holder jaws or jaws embedded with tungsten carbide particles did not alter the ductility of surgical needles.
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