Removal of a broken trigen intertan intertrochanteric antegrade nail.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.injury.2016.12.014.
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Abstract
Implant breakage is a serious complication after cephalomedullary nailing for unstable intertrochanteric fracture. Failure usually occurs at the lag screw hole in the nail body. On the other hand, lag screw failure is extremely rare and occurs around the nail-lag screw junction. We experienced rare mechanical failure of the Intertan nail, which showed breakage at the lag screw hole and failure of the integrated compression screw underneath the main lag screw.
Medical subject headings
- Bone Nails
- Device Removal
- Foreign-Body Migration
- Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary
- Hip Fractures
- Joint Instability
- Radiography