Surgeon versus metalwork—Tips to remove a retained intramedullary nail fragment

Removal of interlocking intramedullary nail for relieve of knee pain after tibial fracture repair

“…Karladani et al 1 followed 71 patients treated with intramedullary nails, and found that anterior knee pain was relieved in 39 patients after removal of the nails, but it became worse in 18 patients, indicating that the operation was not always harmless. Whalley et al 2 reported some complications such as removal failure and postoperative infection and/or refracture, suggesting that there is still some controversy regarding the necessity of, and indications for, nail removal. Therefore, we designed a prospective study to explore the indications for and complications of intramedullary nail removal after tibial fracture repair using interlocking intramedullary nails.…”

Removal of a Broken Cannulated Femoral Nail: A Novel Retrograde Impaction Technique

“…For this instance, closed technique has been usually attempted as a primary procedure in order to preserve the surrounding soft tissue. Therefore, many surgical techniques have been published in the literatures to achieve such purpose [2–4]. …”

Removal of the broken femoral nail with T-reamer technique: A three-case report

“…4 Previous removal techniques have been described with satisfactory outcomes. [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] Some of these techniques required nonunion site opening 13 or knee exposing, 6,7,9,11 which can increase morbidity or delay the healing process. The T-reamer is a standard orthopedic device which usually available in operating theater.…”