title: Use of a hollow needle for drilling holes in small bones to guide intraosseous wires.
abstract: Holes are frequently drilled across small bones to achieve fixation with intraosseous wires. We describe an effective, simple and cheap alternative to the use of K-wires for this purpose in this article.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London, SW10 9NH, UK. surgeonimran@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Danish
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Imran
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tripathi
authors.forename: Rupert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Eckersley
authors.forename: Nashat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Siddiqui
mesh_terms: D001864:Bone Wires; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009339:Needles; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation