New Technique for Removal of the Ulnar Intramedullary Nail Failed to Remove: Broken Assembly Piece in the Nail.
10.4055/cios.2016.8.2.210
- Author:
Jin Woong YI
1
;
Byung Hak OH
;
Sang Bum KIM
;
Youn Moo HEO
;
Tae Gyun KIM
;
Doo Hyun KIM
;
You Sun JUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Konyang University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea. sebslab@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Intramedullary nailing;
Device removal
- MeSH:
Bays;
Device Removal;
Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary;
Tendons;
Ulna
- From:Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery
2016;8(2):210-213
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
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.
