title: Needle Curette Technique for Hand Surgery.
abstract: Curettage of lesions in the hand often requires fine instruments of varying angles for a thorough debridement. This can be seen with debridement of enchondromas of the phalanges when minimizing the size of the cortical window is desired. In this technical note, the authors describe the modification of an 18-G needle so that it may be used as a small curette when standard small curettes are not available or optimal.
authors.affiliation: *Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC †Hand Center of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV.
authors.forename: Wayne A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: George S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Gluck
authors.forename: Zhongyu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002812:Chondroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003475:Curettage / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003646:Debridement / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D050278:Finger Phalanges; D006801:Humans; D009339:Needles; D018579:Patient Selection; D011859:Radiography