An Official Journal of Polish Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
ISSN:1897-2276
e-ISSN: 2449-9145
Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, University Hospital Med VI Oujda, Morocco
Original Article
How to manage a breaking reamer? Two case reports and literature review
Author(s):
Najib Abbassi*, Omar Agoumi, Abdessamad Kharaji, Abdelkrim Daoudi, Abdeljaouad Najib and Hicham Yacoubi
We report two cases of reamer breakage during femoral nailing. This complication is rarely reported, we found only six cases. It is an unexpected perioperative complication experienced by the authors as a stressful or catastrophic situation. In our first case, a flexible reamer was broken at the distal end while reaming the femur. The olivary tip of the guide was helpful to extract it. In the second case, rigid reamer with a smooth guide nail was used. The reamer was broken at the distal end above the fracture. In order to extract the incarcerating part, we needed to approach the fracture. The purpose of this study is to emphasize this unpredictable complication and to report different solutions proposed by the authors... Read More»
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