| 摘要 |
<p>Disclosed are safe and accurate means of creating one or more holes in a bone. Specifically, devices and methods to produce one or more holes from the inside of the bone to the outside of the bone (i.e., from the endosteum of the bone to the periosteum of the bone) are disclosed. Additionally disclosed are uses of the instant methods and devices in various medical procedures, for example in setting a broken bone, and in anchoring or attaching a fixation device, exemplified by but not limited to an intramedullary nail, to a bone. The means comprise a drill with a flexible shaft within a sheath comprising a bend.</p> |
