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http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3269| Title: | ANATOMIC APPROACH TO THE REMOVAL OF A BENT INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL IN A REFRACTURED TIBIA MINIMISING SOFT TISSUE AND BONE INJURY: A RARE CASE REPORT |
| Authors: | Buunaaim, A. Sekimpi, P. |
| Issue Date: | 2012 |
| Publisher: | Internet Scientific Publications |
| Series/Report no.: | Vol. 19;Issue 2 |
| Abstract: | Interlocking intramedullary nailing of closed tibia fractures is the gold standard in current practice. Sometimes patients present with bent nails following another trauma after a fixation. This is somewhat a rare complication posing a difficult challenge of removal with minimal soft tissue and bone injury in developing countries.We report the removal of an angulated tibia nail following a refracture of the tibia and fibula in a 28 year old woman with minimum soft tissue and bone injury. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3269 |
| ISSN: | 2309-4990 |
| Appears in Collections: | School of Medicine and Health Sciences |
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