Removal of a Broken Cannulated Femoral Nail: A Novel Retrograde Impaction Technique

This report presents a surgical technique to remove a broken cannulated nail from the femur. A Harrington rod was modified for retrograde impaction of the retained fragment. The broken implant was finally removed without complication. This particular procedure was safe, simple, and promising.

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Autores principales: Riansuwan, Kongkhet, Tantigate, Direk, Mahaisavariya, Banchong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3852813/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24349812
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/601982
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spelling pubmed-38528132013-12-15 Removal of a Broken Cannulated Femoral Nail: A Novel Retrograde Impaction Technique Riansuwan, Kongkhet Tantigate, Direk Mahaisavariya, Banchong Case Rep Orthop Case Report This report presents a surgical technique to remove a broken cannulated nail from the femur. A Harrington rod was modified for retrograde impaction of the retained fragment. The broken implant was finally removed without complication. This particular procedure was safe, simple, and promising. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-11-18 /pmc/articles/PMC3852813/ /pubmed/24349812 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/601982 Text en Copyright © 2013 Kongkhet Riansuwan et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Removal of a Broken Cannulated Femoral Nail: A Novel Retrograde Impaction Technique
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title_full Removal of a Broken Cannulated Femoral Nail: A Novel Retrograde Impaction Technique
title_fullStr Removal of a Broken Cannulated Femoral Nail: A Novel Retrograde Impaction Technique
title_full_unstemmed Removal of a Broken Cannulated Femoral Nail: A Novel Retrograde Impaction Technique
title_short Removal of a Broken Cannulated Femoral Nail: A Novel Retrograde Impaction Technique
title_sort removal of a broken cannulated femoral nail: a novel retrograde impaction technique
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3852813/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24349812
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/601982
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