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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publisher 2024-06-01
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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description 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 necessary to locate the nail tip. Technique: We have found a simple technique to locate the nail tip, thereby reducing the chance of damage to the bone and soft tissue. So far, we have used this technique in eight cases. The mean operating time was 34 minutes. Number of mean fluoroscopic exposure was six. Conclusion: It is an easily reproducible technique without the need for any specialized instruments. Clinical significance: This new technique is very handy in the extraction of buried femoral nails without substantial injury to the abductor mechanism, even for inexperienced surgeons.
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spelling doaj-art-44b1c22e2a214081a8107100fb6cf6912025-02-07T11:18:35ZengJaypee Brothers Medical PublisherJournal of Orthopedics and Joint Surgery2582-78632024-06-016215816010.5005/jojs-10079-114414A Simple Technique to Locate the Nail Tip in a Buried Interlocking Nail in Femur while ExtractionMugundhan Moongilpatti Sengodan0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0540-2087Yuganeswaran Marasamy1https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9864-5282Department of Orthopaedics, Coimbatore Medical College, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, Phone: +91 9842242824Department of Orthopaedics, Government Medical College, Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu, IndiaAims 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 necessary to locate the nail tip. Technique: We have found a simple technique to locate the nail tip, thereby reducing the chance of damage to the bone and soft tissue. So far, we have used this technique in eight cases. The mean operating time was 34 minutes. Number of mean fluoroscopic exposure was six. Conclusion: It is an easily reproducible technique without the need for any specialized instruments. Clinical significance: This new technique is very handy in the extraction of buried femoral nails without substantial injury to the abductor mechanism, even for inexperienced surgeons.https://www.jojs.in/doi/JOJS/pdf/10.5005/jojs-10079-1144buried femur nail tipextractioninnovative technique
spellingShingle Mugundhan Moongilpatti Sengodan
Yuganeswaran Marasamy
A Simple Technique to Locate the Nail Tip in a Buried Interlocking Nail in Femur while Extraction
Journal of Orthopedics and Joint Surgery
buried femur nail tip
extraction
innovative technique
title A Simple Technique to Locate the Nail Tip in a Buried Interlocking Nail in Femur while Extraction
title_full A Simple Technique to Locate the Nail Tip in a Buried Interlocking Nail in Femur while Extraction
title_fullStr A Simple Technique to Locate the Nail Tip in a Buried Interlocking Nail in Femur while Extraction
title_full_unstemmed A Simple Technique to Locate the Nail Tip in a Buried Interlocking Nail in Femur while Extraction
title_short A Simple Technique to Locate the Nail Tip in a Buried Interlocking Nail in Femur while Extraction
title_sort simple technique to locate the nail tip in a buried interlocking nail in femur while extraction
topic buried femur nail tip
extraction
innovative technique
url https://www.jojs.in/doi/JOJS/pdf/10.5005/jojs-10079-1144
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