ArticleScientific reports2025
Evaluation of a novel high speed burr tip for safe and efficient bone surgery in a sheep model.
Article in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
- A novel, tissue-selective burr for temporal bone drilling.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
The exposure of neural structures by removing the overlying bone using a high-speed drill can cause iatrogenic injury to the dura, neural tissue, and vessels. We investigated the safety and efficacy of a novel Surgify Safety Burr (SSB), attachable to existing high-speed drills. Three anesthetized living sheep underwent cranial burr hole drilling (n = 19) and hemilaminectomies (n = 14) with the SSB and standard burrs. Drilling time, dural injury, and subjective evaluation of heating and haptic feedback of each burr were assessed. Cranial burr hole drilling was done using diamond (n = 3), fluted (n = 6), and SSB (n = 10) burrs. Penetrating dura damage was observed in 33% of the diamond burr drilled holes, and in 33% of the fluted burr drilled holes, but not in the holes drilled with the SSB. Hemilaminectomies were performed with the SSB (n = 7) and diamond (n = 7) burrs without drilling-induced dura damage. Mean drilling time was not significantly different in cranial drilling (SSB, 121 ± 18s; fluted burr, 63 ± 22s; diamond burr, 165 ± 29s) nor in hemilaminectomy (SSB, 108 ± 13s; diamond burr, 95 ± 18s). Subjective evaluation of the SSB suggested efficient bone removal without heating or chattering. The SSB is a safe and effective surgical tool in cranial drilling and hemilaminectomy procedures. Safety, efficacy, and clinical benefits should be established in human studies.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.