Surgical instrument · Cutting & Dissecting
Lindemann Drill
Also called Lindeman drill
- Length
- 1¾ in
A side-cutting bone bur for a drill: a long, narrow tapered head with spiral cross-cut flutes on a plain straight shank. The common size has a 1.6 mm head with a 9 mm cutting length and is about 44.5 mm long overall.
Primary uses
What this instrument is on the table to do.
Medialization laryngoplasty (thyroplasty): after the cartilage window is marked, it is opened and removed with a #15 scalpel and a Lindeman drill.
Sizes & variants
The lengths, angles and patterns it comes in.
1¾″45 mm
HP162: 1.6 mm head, 9.0 mm working length, 44.5 mm total length, straight handpiece (HP) shank (MR.BUR). HP166: a larger Lindemann bur in the same kit.
From the field
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