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Femoral fracture before removal of an intramedullary nail

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We describe a patient with a fracture of the femoral shaft treated by intramedullary nailing and who had a further fracture before the nail was removed. We are not aware of any previous reports of this complication.

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Les auteurs rapportent le cas d'une fracture de la diaphyse fémorale chez un patient déjà traité par enclouage centro-médullaire et avant l'ablation du matériel d'ostéosynthèse. Il semble que cette complication n'ait jamais été publiée dans la littérature.

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  1. Servicio de Cirurgia Orthopedica y Traumatologia, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Spain

    J. A. Lozano Requena, F. Vidal Roig & F. Lluch Adelantado

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Requena, J.A.L., Roig, F.V. & Adelantado, F.L. Femoral fracture before removal of an intramedullary nail. International Orthopaedics 18, 193–194 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00192479

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