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Ioannis Georgilas1, George Mouzopoulos, Christina Neila
1Orthopaedic Department, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece .
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
|February 26, 2008
Abstract:
Breakage of the intramedullary nail has long been recognized as an uncommon complication of intamedullary nailing of long bones. Retrieval of the distal fragment of a broken nail is a challenging problem. The surgeon needs to be familiar with as many methods of distal fragment extraction as possible. Herein we report a case of broken intramedullay nail, which was removed with a small reamer, wedged into the distal segment of the nail.
