Failure of intertrochanteric nailing due to distal nail jamming

Nail impingement against the anterior femoral cortex during nail insertion, or anterior cortex penetration, has been described in the literature as a worrying complication. We describe a previously unreported surgical failure due to a compromised dynamic distal locking caused by distal jamming of th...

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Autores principales: Maniscalco, Pietro, Rivera, Fabrizio, D’Ascola, Jacopo, Del Vecchio, Emmanuel Olivier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3585948/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22362512
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10195-012-0183-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3585948/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22362512
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10195-012-0183-1

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