著者

佐藤 理 小浦 宏 臼井 正明 中島 恭哉 渡辺 唯志

出版者

West-Japanese Society of Orthopedics & Traumatology

雑誌

整形外科と災害外科 (ISSN:00371033)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.48, no.1, pp.122-125, 1999-03-25 (Released:2010-02-25)

参考文献数

5

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We experienced a case of a broken intramedually nail in the tibia g months after operation for a tibial shaft fracture using the intremedually nail. The proximal portion of the nail was removed easily by the usual method, while the distal portion of the nail was removed using an extra extraction device. This extraction device is useful for the removal of broken intramedually nails, and is also less invasive than some of the methods reported before.Considering that there is no character of metal fatigue from the analysis of the end of broken nail using SEM, the reason for the broken nail lies in the nail strength.