A locking screw lost in the intramedullary canal; How to get it out

Injury

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 638-640

  Van Walsum, Ariaan D P ^a   Van De Haven, Ibo ^a  

^a MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INTERLOCKING NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; TUBE;

EID: 0033843529     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(00)00063-2     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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2. Vander Wilde R.S., Lewallen D.G., Papagelopoulos P.J. Removal of broken distal interlocking screws. Orthopedic review. 1992 Sept:1992;1121-1122.
3. Davies N.M., Farnell R.D., Unwin A.J., Jones J.R. A technique for removal of fractured locking screws from an intramedullary nail. Injury. 28:1997;159.