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Table 3 Hemilaminectomy drilling and procedure times.

From: Evaluation of a novel high speed burr tip for safe and efficient bone surgery in a sheep model

Procedure #

Target

Burr

Drilling time (s)

Procedure time (s)

Sheep 1

 1

L4-5 right

Diamond

35

742

 2

L3-4 right

SSB™

77

300

 3

L2-3 right

Diamond

184

285

 4

L1-2 right1

SSB™

170

330

 5

T12-L1

Diamond*

116

295

 6

T11-T12

SSB™

132

240

Sheep 2

 7

L4-5 right

SSB™

94

321

 8

 

Diamond*

87

263

 9

C2 (appr.)

Diamond*

65

138

 10

C3

SSB™

75

173

 11

L3-4 left

Diamond*

85

220

 12

L2-3 left

SSB™

99

170

 13

L1-2 left

Diamond*

94

289

 14

T12-L1 left

SSB™

108

211

  1. Diamond* = coarse diamond.
  2. 1 Dura lesion inflicted by the Kerrison punch.

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