Needle Curette Technique for Hand Surgery

Tech Hand Up Extrem Surg. 2015 Sep;19(3):108-9. doi: 10.1097/BTH.0000000000000088.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Bone Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Bone Neoplasms / pathology
  • Bone Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Chondroma / diagnostic imaging
  • Chondroma / pathology
  • Chondroma / surgery*
  • Curettage / instrumentation*
  • Debridement / instrumentation*
  • Female
  • Finger Phalanges*
  • Humans
  • Needles*
  • Patient Selection
  • Radiography