Removal of intra-operatively broken flexible reamer: An innovative use of jumbo cutter()

Reaming is an important step in long bone nailing and has a low complication rate. We report a case of a flexible reamer that got broken and incarcerated in the femoral canal during reaming in a segmental femur fracture. Routine extraction using guide wire was not possible. The incarcerated reamer w...

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Published in:J Clin Orthop Trauma
Main Authors: Boruah, Tankeshwar, Kumar, Sapan, Patralekh, Mohit Kumar, Prashad, Shambhu, Chandra, Vibash, Debbarma, Ijack, Kumar, Ramesh
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Elsevier 2019
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TECHNICAL TIP
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6492215/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31061601
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcot.2018.09.003
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