A fracture fixation system for stabilizing a fracture of a human bone. Said system comprises a fixation pin (512) and an elongate shaft (540). The fixation pin has a proximal end and a distal end. Said fixation pin is sized to snugly fit within the medullary canal of the bone and having a stiffness sufficient to immobilize the fracture and a flexibility sufficient to permit the fixation pin to bend to facilitate insertion into the medullary canal. The elongate shaft has a proximal end, a distal end (550) with means (560) for boring a hole in the bone in a first direction axial with said shaft, an axial pathway and a pin guide comprising a distal laterally exiting bore (571) in said shaft adjacent said distal end of said shaft and communicating with said axial pathway. Said fixation pin and said shaft are adapted such that said fixation pin is axially movable through said axial pathway and the laterally exiting bore for guiding said fixation pin beyond said distal end of said shaft into the medullary canal of the bone at an oblique angle relative to said first direction.
