Mallet used in orthopedic, ENT, Neurosurgery etc
To drive the nail and screw into bones
The head consists of a heavy, blunt, smooth surface with the cylinder-shaped head.
Handle with good grip and flat in cross section
Also used in dissection and resection of bones like spinal and nasal bone.
Mainly used with osteotome and chisel to advance into the target cartilage or bone.
Its works with
- Osteotome
- Chisel
- Gouge
- Kunctscher nail-K nail
- Austin Moore prosthesis
- Thompson prosthesis
- Steinman pin
- Rush nail
It varies in
Sizes and weight according to uses and indication, Types of Mallet in names mentioned below
Cooper
Cottle
Peck
Gerzog
Hammer
Mead
Lucae