Intramedullary nail breakage in distal fractures of the tibia.
Five cases of tibial intramedullary nail breakage are reported, the reasons discussed, and methods of overcoming this problem put forward.
Hahn
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Queens Medical Centre University Hospital NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK.
Bradbury
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Hartley
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Radford
P J
PJ
D000328:Adult; D001858:Bone Nails; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary / Q000379:methods*; D017102:Fracture Healing; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013977:Tibia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*