Background/needTraditional bone depth gauges are notoriously inaccurate tools, often used in head and neck surgery, that estimate the screw length needed for fracture fixation after bicortical drilling. Complications related to inaccurately sized screws may include soft tissue irritation or weakness of the repair and subsequent refracture. To improve size selection accuracy, a prototype depth gauge […]
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