Inadvertent advancement of guide wire across the knee caused by incarcerated bone fragment at the nail tip during femoral nailing

Fracture of femoral shaft in adults is common and mostly managed with intramedullary interlocking nails. Complications during closed intramedullary femoral nailing are uncommon, and mostly of them are caused by technical reasons. We describe a case of closed nailing for a femoral shaft fractur...

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Main Authors: Sabat Dhananjaya, Wangchuk Tsering, Dhal Anil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-04-01
Series:Chinese Journal of Traumatology
Online Access:http://www.cjtrauma.com/apps/ojs/index.php/cjt/article/view/517