Novel use of Steinman pin in removal of broken interlocking screws

Broken screws after interlocking nailing of long bones are commonly seen in Orthopaedic practice. Removal of such screws can be difficult particularly the distal part which is often held within the bone. We describe a simple technique of using Steinman pin to aid removal of broken screws in a case o...

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Autores principales: Singisetti, Kiran, Ashcroft, George P
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2637268/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19014687
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-317
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description Broken screws after interlocking nailing of long bones are commonly seen in Orthopaedic practice. Removal of such screws can be difficult particularly the distal part which is often held within the bone. We describe a simple technique of using Steinman pin to aid removal of broken screws in a case of non-union fracture tibia with broken interlocking nail and screws. Steinman pin being easily available and the reproducible technique make it a useful aid for removal of broken interlocking screws.
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spelling pubmed-26372682009-02-07 Novel use of Steinman pin in removal of broken interlocking screws Singisetti, Kiran Ashcroft, George P Cases J Case Report Broken screws after interlocking nailing of long bones are commonly seen in Orthopaedic practice. Removal of such screws can be difficult particularly the distal part which is often held within the bone. We describe a simple technique of using Steinman pin to aid removal of broken screws in a case of non-union fracture tibia with broken interlocking nail and screws. Steinman pin being easily available and the reproducible technique make it a useful aid for removal of broken interlocking screws. BioMed Central 2008-11-17 /pmc/articles/PMC2637268/ /pubmed/19014687 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-317 Text en Copyright © 2008 Singisetti and Ashcroft; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Novel use of Steinman pin in removal of broken interlocking screws
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title_full Novel use of Steinman pin in removal of broken interlocking screws
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