New Technique for Removal of the Ulnar Intramedullary Nail Failed to Remove: Broken Assembly Piece in the Nail.

New Technique for Removal of the Ulnar Intramedullary Nail Failed to Remove: Broken Assembly Piece in the Nail.
Clin Orthop Surg. 2016 Jun;8(2):210-3
Authors: Yi JW, Oh BH, Kim SB, Heo YM, Kim TG, Kim DH, Jung YS
Abstract
Methods about removal of intramedullary nail in complicated cases were reported in some literatures but there are no reports about nail removal in the ulna. The authors would like to report such a case and the technique. We removed bone of the inlet site and created another bony window using an osteotome to expose the interlocking screw holes. Only a bony window the size of 2 inter-interlocking holes at the most proximal part of the nail can be used to remove the nail with minimal damage of the triceps brachii tendon and soft tissue.
PMID: 27247748 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery - June 2, 2016 Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Clin Orthop Surg Source Type: research