title: A technique to remove a broken guide wire transfixing the hip joint.
abstract: A broken guide wire while operating on hip is one of every surgeon's most dreaded nightmares. We report here a method which was used successfully to retrieve a broken guide wire from a patient who was being operated for core decompression and fibular grafting for avascular necrosis of the femoral head.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Aruna Asaf Ali Govt. Hospital, Rajpur Road, New Delhi-110051, India. hsharma70@gmail.com
authors.forename: Hemant
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Manish
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chauhan
authors.forename: Lalit
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Maini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D020878:Device Removal / Q000379:methods*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005271:Femur Head Necrosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*