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Re Amputation saw

To: kconover@pitt.edu
Subject: Re Amputation saw
From: "Thomas Wannenburg" <twannen@bgsm.edu>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 19:37:55 -0500 (EST)
I am not sure if this would work on very thick long bones, but have you 
considered a bone - nibbler, such as commonly used to perform a craniectomy?  
Admittedly the skull is not so dense (usually) as a femur but the bone - 
nibblers come in different sizes and a large one (double hinged) might work.  
Only hand power needed and if you wear it out - get a new one for next time.  It
would be worth testing on an ox bone.  

Also - do you think a pipe - cutter would be too bulky?

Regards,
Tom Wannenburg 

Thomas Wannenburg MD.
Cardiology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine
Wake Forest Univ
twannen@bgsm.edu


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