title: Exchange femoral nailing: a new technique for removal of a broken nail.
abstract: Exchange femoral nailing is the preferred method for treating femoral nonunions. When the index femoral nail is broken, the difficulty of exchange nailing increases dramatically. In this article, we describe a new technique for removing a broken retrograde nail--advancing it out of the proximal end of the femur.
authors.affiliation: Palmetto Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Sumter, SC 29153, USA. rka0822@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Rodney K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Alan
authors.forename: Rafath
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baig
authors.forename: Frank R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Voss
mesh_terms: D001858:Bone Nails; D020878:Device Removal / Q000379:methods*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005599:Fractures, Ununited / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans