A technique for removal of broken cannulated drill bit: Bassi's method
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Jiwan Lal Bassi1, Mahindra Pankaj, Singh Navdeep
1Department of Orthopaedics, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, India. jlbassi@rediffmail.com
Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma
|January 8, 2008
Abstract:
Broken drill bits constitute the largest proportion of broken orthopedic instruments. We report a new technique which allows atraumatic removal of cannulated drill bits. The technique is simple and does not require any special instrumentation.
