title: How to adapt an ordinary drilling machine for orthopaedic surgery.
abstract: An orthopaedic drilling machine has number of revolutions per minute (r/min) < or = 750. This low r/min. accounts for low friction and less tissue damage during bone drilling. This is an advantage over the ordinary drilling machine whose r/min. > 2800. A method of converting it into an orthopaedic drilling machine is described here.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Surgery, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Musa
mesh_terms: D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000601:surgery*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D009983:Orthopedic Equipment / Q000592:standards*; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000379:methods*