Carbide Ball Burr
Also called Ball burr
Round-tipped, fluted tungsten-carbide cutting burr that fits a high-speed power drill. A 3.0 mm size is used for screw removal.
Primary uses
What this instrument is on the table to do.
Removing a plate held by a locking screw with a stripped or damaged head. The burr grinds away every surface of the screw head that touches the plate until the plate is free; the plate is then levered off with an osteotome, and the remaining screw shaft is turned out with locking pliers or a T-handle (or cut free with a trephine if too short).
Sizes & variants
The lengths, angles and patterns it comes in.
3.0 mm ball, fluted carbide (the article used a Midas Rex Legend ball-fluted carbide burr on a standard orthopedic power unit).
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