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This corkscrew is used commonly in orthopedic surgery to extract a broken or

osteotomized head of the femur (hip bone). We refer, in the operating room, as a

“

corkscrew

”

, and this what the OR technician gives you.

And one last

submission from Al:

Now this is a medical

corkscrew you will

never see anywhere.

This is a hip

replacement prosthesis

that we use in the

elderly who have a

fractured hip. It

‟

s called a Moore

‟

s Prosthesis. Someone has appropriately

attached a worm to it. And it works. Great handle.