The design and function of surgical drills and K-wires

Surgical drills and K-wires are the basic tools in any orthopaedic surgeon's armamentarium. An understanding of their structure allows one to appreciates how they work and therefore how best to use them. This paper breaks down the design of surgical drills and K-wires in to their basic elements in order to explain the drilling process. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.