A Simple Technique to Locate the Nail Tip in a Buried Interlocking Nail in Femur while Extraction
Aims and background: At times, when interlocking nailing is done, the nail is buried into the medullary canal, and the nail tip is no longer visible. When the nail has to be extracted for some reason, the greater trochanter with abductor attachment has to be nibbled more than what is really necessar...
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Main Authors: | Mugundhan Moongilpatti Sengodan, Yuganeswaran Marasamy |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Jaypee Brothers Medical Publisher
2024-06-01
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Series: | Journal of Orthopedics and Joint Surgery |
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Online Access: | https://www.jojs.in/doi/JOJS/pdf/10.5005/jojs-10079-1144 |
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