[A simple and rapid method for removal of broken unreamed tibial nails].
By using UTN in the treatment of very distal tibia fractures delayed fracture-healing and pseudarthrosis with breakage of the nail are described. The removal of the distal solid part of the nail shows a special difficulty. We report about two cases of broken UTN in 1997. A simple extraction device to remove the distal part of the broken nail is demonstrated.
Schmidgen
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Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Ludwigshafen.
Naumann
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Wentzensen
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D000328:Adult; D020878:Device Removal; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*