Removal of a broken guide wire entrapped in a fractured femoral neck

【Abstract】Guide wire plays an important role in the fixation of femoral neck fracture with dynamic hip screw (DHS). Breakage of a guide wire during operation is a very rare condition. We met such a dilemma in DHS fixation of a 54-year-old male patient who sustained Garden type IV frac-ture of th...

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Main Authors: ZHU Qing-hua, YE Tian-wen, GUO Yong-fei, WANG Chong-li, CHEN Ai-min
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-08-01
Series:Chinese Journal of Traumatology
Online Access:http://www.cjtrauma.com/apps/ojs/index.php/cjt/article/view/432