Salvaging the badly placed screw. A case report.
On rare occasions, a surgeon who is attempting to fix a fractured hip with a sliding screw device will end up with a badly placed screw. A method is described for solving the problem by the addition of a second screw.
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001863:Bone Screws; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D014945:Wound Healing