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Exchange femoral nailing: a new technique for removal of a broken nail
Rodney K Alan1, Rafath Baig, Frank R Voss
1Palmetto Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Sumter, SC 29153, USA. rka0822@yahoo.com
American Journal of Orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.)
|October 20, 2007
Abstract:
Exchange femoral nailing is the preferred method for treating femoral nonunions. When the index femoral nail is broken, the difficulty of exchange nailing increases dramatically. In this article, we describe a new technique for removing a broken retrograde nail--advancing it out of the proximal end of the femur.
