Tumor Growth Potential after Tumoral and Instrumental Contamination: An in Vivo Comparative Study of T-Saw, Gigli Saw and Scalpel.
In the field of spinal tumors, intralesional tumor cutting is sometimes inevitable. The purposeof this study was to compare the potential for tumor growth after intralesional cutting by T-saw, Gigli saw and scalpel.Tumorswereprepared by subcutaneous injection of human HT 1080fibrosarcoma cells innude mice, and cut with a T-saw, Gigli saworscalpel. A 3-cm wound was created in the skin on the ... Read more