A system includes a drill guide and a gauge wire. The drill guide has two
arms rotatable relative to each other about a hinge, with each arm
including a split portion of a guide. When the arms are in a closed
configuration, the split portions come together to form a tubular guide.
Because the arms can be opened and closed about the hinge, the guide can
be split and removed from over a drill bit or pin without first removing
the drill bit from the bone or the drill from the drill bit or pin. Each
arm also includes a semicircular form which when the arms are closed
defines a gauge wire hole parallel to the guide which is sized to receive
a gauge wire. The gauge wire includes depth indicia along its length
which is used to indicate the length of a fixation device for use in a
procedure.