The tools used are unique and must be used with a steady hand. You will have different types of tools such as cutters, drill, pry bar, mallet, rasp, saw, brace, etc. The bone cutter is used to cut bones or remove them from the body. The proper name of the drill is called “Orthopedic Bone Drill”. These are pneumatic tools used for pinning, drilling or wiring. Mallets are common in plastic surgery, but in orthopedic surgery they are used for bone removal. Rasps are used to re-sculpt bone. They allow the surgeon to add small details to the bone if necessary. There are now many types of saws used during surgical procedures. Most of them all do the same thing, but as I was comparing them (medilexicon.com) and reading their descriptions on the saw, not all of them are used in orthopedic surgeries. They can also be used in different types of muscle surgeries, heart surgeries and many more. A splint is something that doctors will put on you after surgery to stop your limbs from moving. In the past, people used unsanitary homemade splints that consisted of “old bandages soaked in horse blood to stiffen them” (Shady Grove