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A Novel Technique for the Removal of Elastic Intramedullary Nail in Pediatric Long Bones: A Technical Note
Elastic stable intramedullary nails have been commonly used to treat unstable long bone fractures in children. The nail tip at the insertion site can cause problems. The nail tip should be of optimal length as a prominent nail tip or a short nail tip, or both, may cause different sets of problems. I...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7489315/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32944438 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9717 |
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author | Gautam, Vinay K Ranade, Ashish S Mone, Mahesh Oka, Gauri A |
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description | Elastic stable intramedullary nails have been commonly used to treat unstable long bone fractures in children. The nail tip at the insertion site can cause problems. The nail tip should be of optimal length as a prominent nail tip or a short nail tip, or both, may cause different sets of problems. If the nail tip is short, nail removal after fracture union can be difficult and may pose challenges. A short nail tip may lead to difficulty in nail removal, longer duration of surgery, and need for special equipment for extracting the nail. Few techniques have been suggested in the past for removing elastic nail with the short tip, but all these techniques need special instruments. We describe a surgical technique using a metallic suction cannula to aid elastic nail removal. This method utilizes an easily available instrument in the operating room and does not need any special equipment. |
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spelling | pubmed-74893152020-09-16 A Novel Technique for the Removal of Elastic Intramedullary Nail in Pediatric Long Bones: A Technical Note Gautam, Vinay K Ranade, Ashish S Mone, Mahesh Oka, Gauri A Cureus Orthopedics Elastic stable intramedullary nails have been commonly used to treat unstable long bone fractures in children. The nail tip at the insertion site can cause problems. The nail tip should be of optimal length as a prominent nail tip or a short nail tip, or both, may cause different sets of problems. If the nail tip is short, nail removal after fracture union can be difficult and may pose challenges. A short nail tip may lead to difficulty in nail removal, longer duration of surgery, and need for special equipment for extracting the nail. Few techniques have been suggested in the past for removing elastic nail with the short tip, but all these techniques need special instruments. We describe a surgical technique using a metallic suction cannula to aid elastic nail removal. This method utilizes an easily available instrument in the operating room and does not need any special equipment. Cureus 2020-08-13 /pmc/articles/PMC7489315/ /pubmed/32944438 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9717 Text en Copyright © 2020, Gautam et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Orthopedics Gautam, Vinay K Ranade, Ashish S Mone, Mahesh Oka, Gauri A A Novel Technique for the Removal of Elastic Intramedullary Nail in Pediatric Long Bones: A Technical Note |
title | A Novel Technique for the Removal of Elastic Intramedullary Nail in Pediatric Long Bones: A Technical Note |
title_full | A Novel Technique for the Removal of Elastic Intramedullary Nail in Pediatric Long Bones: A Technical Note |
title_fullStr | A Novel Technique for the Removal of Elastic Intramedullary Nail in Pediatric Long Bones: A Technical Note |
title_full_unstemmed | A Novel Technique for the Removal of Elastic Intramedullary Nail in Pediatric Long Bones: A Technical Note |
title_short | A Novel Technique for the Removal of Elastic Intramedullary Nail in Pediatric Long Bones: A Technical Note |
title_sort | novel technique for the removal of elastic intramedullary nail in pediatric long bones: a technical note |
topic | Orthopedics |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7489315/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32944438 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9717 |
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