• Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Dec 2009

    Case Reports

    Removal of broken solid femoral nail: a modified bent tip guide wire technique.

    • Kanthan Theivendran and Julian P Cooper.
    • University Hospital Birmingham, Selly Oak, Raddlebarn Road, Birmingham, B29 6JD, UK. kanthan@hotmail.co.uk
    • Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2009 Dec 1;129(12):1667-71.

    AbstractA broken solid femoral nail can be challenging to remove. We describe a modified bent tip guide wire technique for extraction of a broken solid retrograde femoral nail from the proximal femur. The broken nail was removed successfully through the original retrograde entry point to allow for an exchange femoral nailing in a patient with a hypertrophic non-union. This novel technique avoids any additional exposure other than that required to remove and insert the nail.

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