Retained portion of latex glove during femoral nailing. Case report.
A case of retained glove during Kuntscher intramedullary nailing is described. An abscess around the glove could have lead to osteomyelitis. One need to be cautious feeling the top end of the nail while femoral nailing to avoid such a complication.
Sadat-Ali
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M
College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, King University, Al-Khobar.
Marwah
S
S
al-Habdan
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I
D000293:Adolescent; D001858:Bone Nails; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000209:etiology*; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005932:Gloves, Surgical; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male