Multiple guide wire technique for removal of the short distal fragment of a fractured intramedullary nail.
A method of removing a short distal fragment of a fractured intramedullary nail, using impacted olive-tipped guide wires, is described. We have used this technique with success when there has been a very short segment of nail left distally. This method gives improved grip and control of alignment of the nail fragment during extraction.
Middleton
R G
RG
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust, Stanmore, London, UK.
McNab
I S
IS
Hashemi-Nejad
A
A
Noordeen
M H
MH
D001858:Bone Nails; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000379:methods; D012086:Reoperation