FRACTURE ON REMOVAL OF THE ACE TIBIAL NAIL

Authors
TAKAKUWA M FUNAKOSHI M ISHIZAKI K AONO T HAMAGUCHI H
Citation
M. Takakuwa et al., FRACTURE ON REMOVAL OF THE ACE TIBIAL NAIL, Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume, 79B(3), 1997, pp. 444-445
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Orthopedics
Journal title
Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume → ACNP
ISSN journal
0301620X
Volume
79B
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
444 - 445
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-620X(1997)79B:3<444:FOROTA>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
We report four patients who sustained secondary fractures of the poste rior wall of the tibial shaft during the removal of one pattern of int ramedullary nail after fracture healing. The cause of this complicatio n is discussed.