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A technical note: How to extract broken Reamer-Irrigator-Aspirator (RIA) metal intramedullary debris
George D Chloros1, Vasileios P Giannoudis1, Nikolaos K Kanakaris1
1Academic Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Clarendon Wing, Floor D, Great George Street, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds LS1 3EX, United Kingdom.
Abstract:
The Reamer-Irrigator-Aspirator (RIA-2) system has been established as a safe and reliable device to harvest large amounts of autograft. Nevertheless, hardware complications may occur. Breakage of the reamer head from the drive shaft with intramedullary retention of small metal debris has never been dealt with. The authors provide a technical trick as a bailout in this difficult situation.
