End caps for the intramedullary nail: a help or a hindrance?
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1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Bristol Royal Infirmary, United Kingdom.
Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma
|June 10, 1998
Abstract:
End caps on intramedullary nails are intended to facilitate removal and to allow length adjustment of the nail in situ. A case is reported in which the end cap made nail removal technically more difficult.
