Exchange femoral nailing: a new technique for removal of a broken nail.
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.
Alan
Rodney K
RK
Palmetto Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Sumter, SC 29153, USA. rka0822@yahoo.com
Baig
Rafath
R
Voss
Frank R
FR
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