TY - JOUR
T1 - A technique for removal of broken cannulated tricortical syndesmotic screws
AU - Melvin, James Stuart
AU - Downing, Kristopher L.
AU - Ogilvie, Christian M.
PY - 2008/10/1
Y1 - 2008/10/1
N2 - Breakage rates of tricortical syndesmotic screws after weight bearing range from 10% to 29%. Removal of the portion of the broken screw buried within the tibia often proves quite difficult. We report a new technique to remove a broken cannulated syndesmotic screw. This technique is simple, time saving, and less traumatic than previously reported methods of broken syndesmotic screw removal.
AB - Breakage rates of tricortical syndesmotic screws after weight bearing range from 10% to 29%. Removal of the portion of the broken screw buried within the tibia often proves quite difficult. We report a new technique to remove a broken cannulated syndesmotic screw. This technique is simple, time saving, and less traumatic than previously reported methods of broken syndesmotic screw removal.
KW - Broken hardware
KW - Broken syndesmotic screw
KW - Removal of hardware
KW - Syndesmosis
KW - Syndesmotic screw removal
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U2 - 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3181886f74
DO - 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3181886f74
M3 - Article
C2 - 18827596
AN - SCOPUS:58149388158
SN - 0890-5339
VL - 22
SP - 648
EP - 651
JO - Journal of orthopaedic trauma
JF - Journal of orthopaedic trauma
IS - 9
ER -