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Difficulties in removing ACE tibial intramedullary nail

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We experienced three cases of refracture and two cases of failure to remove the nail while trying to take out ACE tibial nails from healed tibial fractures. In order to determine the risk factors associated with difficulties in nail removal, these five patients were compared in the parameters of age, gender, duration of nail in situ, nail diameter, nail length, and level of fracture with 30 patients who had uneventful removal. Younger age of the patient was significantly associated with the difficulty in nail removal.

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Nous avons éprouvé trois cas de refractures et deux cas d'échec d'enlever le clou en essayant de prendre le clou tibial ACE de fractures tibiales guéries. Pour déterminer les facteurs du risque associé avec les difficultés dans déménagement du clou, ces cinq malades ont été comparés avec 30 malades qui avaient le déménagement sans incidents dans les paramètres maturation, genre, durée de clou dans situ, diamètre du clou, longueur du clou, le niveau de fracture. L'âge puîné des malades a été associé avec la difficulté dans déménagement de clou considérablement.

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This work was supported by the Research Grant from Hallym University, Korea.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedics, Hallym University Hospital, 896 Pyongchon-Dong, Anyang, Korea

    Gun-Il Im & Kee-Byung Lee

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Im, GI., Lee, KB. Difficulties in removing ACE tibial intramedullary nail. International Orthopaedics (SICOT) 27, 355–358 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-003-0503-4

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