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Tips of the trade #39. Technique for removal of cannulated screws
1Seton Hall University, School of Graduate Medical Education, Saint Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Paterson, New Jersey.
Orthopaedic Review
|September 1, 1991
Abstract:
Cannulated screws should be removed with the least amount of traumatization to minimize postoperative pain, morbidity, and the use of intraoperative anesthesia. We describe a technique for the percutaneous removal of cannulated screws that has worked well in several patients.