title: Bone wax to improvise a screw-holder: a makeshift emergency tool.
abstract: A missing screw-holder threatened cancellation of a case of facial trauma surgery. We present a simple makeshift tool using bone wax to improvise a temporary replacement for the screw-holder missing in our surgical instrument kit. This impromptu set-up is especially useful when operating in the field and faced with mass casualties.
authors: Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India drnakul@gmail.com nakul.uppal@manipal.edu.
authors: Nakul
authors: N
authors: Uppal
authors: Professor, Head of Unit 1 and Associate Dean, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors: Mohan
authors: M
authors: Baliga
mesh_terms: D001863:Bone Screws; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D010168:Palmitates; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D014885:Waxes
chemical_list: D010168:Palmitates; D014885:Waxes; C055480:bone wax
keywords: Asia; Equipment; Location; Surgery