How do you remove a broken intramedullary nail?
How do you remove a broken intramedullary nail? Removal of the Nail through the Nonunion Site. The broken piece is directly pulled from the nonunion side by a hook or Kocher forceps [26, 27]. This technique will require marked stripping of the soft tissues and removal of some bone at the nonunion site to be able to remove the broken piece. How do you remove a nail from your femur? The cone-shaped femoral extractor on the extraction bar is inserted into the wound, over the guide pin. The extractor is gently but forcefully screwed into the nail. The first pass...