Orthopedic Surgical Medical Drill Bit Power Tool Operation

Product Description

Choosing the right surgical power tool

A surgical power tool is an instrument used to perform surgery on bone or bone fragments. It enables drilling, sawing, reaming and screwing. It is mainly used in human or veterinary orthopedic surgery, traumatology, neurology and ENT surgery.

How to choose the right surgical power tool?

What features are available for a surgical power tool?

• Application: surgical power tools are mainly used in microsurgery, especially in microneurology and ENT microsurgery, but they are also used in traumatology or for operations on large bones.

• Ergonomics, mainly the weight of the instrument: a compact and light surgical power tool will be easier and more comfortable for a surgeon to use, especially during long operations.

• The shape of the instrument: some surgical power tools are gun-shaped for operations on long bones or in traumatology. Others are pen-shaped, which is more suitable for microsurgery or small bones.

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Most surgical power tools have a detachable end adapted for the appropriate application:

Drilling / Boring / Screwing: the diameter of the drill bits can be changed as with a drill. Some devices have a double trigger for screwing and unscrewing. There can also be different drilling speeds. These tools are mainly used in traumatology and human or veterinary orthopedic surgery.
Sawing: this feature is mainly used for sternotomies, osteotomies or inserting prostheses. These surgical power tools are very powerful.
Reaming: this surgical power tool allows intramedullary reaming of long bones and bone canal reaming in the suregery of the posterior cavity of the middle ear, etc.