title: A technique for removal of broken cannulated tricortical syndesmotic screws.
abstract: Breakage rates of tricortical syndesmotic screws after weight bearing range from 10% to 29%. Removal of the portion of the broken screw buried within the tibia often proves quite difficult. We report a new technique to remove a broken cannulated syndesmotic screw. This technique is simple, time saving, and less traumatic than previously reported methods of broken syndesmotic screw removal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. stu.melvin@gmail.com
authors.forename: James Stuart
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Melvin
authors.forename: Kristopher L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Downing
authors.forename: Christian M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Ogilvie
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001863:Bone Screws; D020878:Device Removal / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D013977:Tibia / Q000601:surgery*