An aid to femoral nail removal
| Autor: | J Ciampolini, KS Eyres |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
| Předmět: |
integumentary system
Femoral nail business.industry Scar tissue Soft tissue Dentistry Dissection (medical) Equipment Design Bone Nails medicine.disease law.invention Intramedullary rod medicine.anatomical_structure law medicine Nail (anatomy) General Earth and Planetary Sciences Humans Reamer Femur Orthopedic Procedures business Femoral Fractures Device Removal General Environmental Science |
| Zdroj: | Injury. 34(3) |
| ISSN: | 0020-1383 |
| Popis: | We describe a novel technique to aid the removal of a proximally inserted femoral nail by using a guide wire and the starter reamer. By reaming through the scar tissue, a cylindrical track is created and the threaded top end of the nail is exposed. The soft tissue dissection is therefore limited to the absolute minimum with no further damage to the hip abductors. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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