End caps for the intramedullary nail: a help or a hindrance?
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.
Freeman
B J
BJ
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Bristol Royal Infirmary, United Kingdom.
Atkins
R M
RM
D001858:Bone Nails; D005260:Female; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D006810:Humeral Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016348:Osseointegration; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation