Fillingham Yale A, Kogan Monica
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ). 2014 May;43(5):238-9.
Cannulated screws within the femoral neck/head often need not be removed. Identifying and removing them can be a technical struggle, in some cases requiring hip dislocation or excessive operative time. In this article, we describe a novel technique that orthopedic surgeons can use to more effectively identify and percutaneously remove cannulated screws. Over the past 6 years, we have percutaneously removed 10 screws (from 7 patients) in an average time of 21 minutes per screw.
