[A minimally invasive technique for removal of a firmly fixed Küntscher nail in primary hip arthroplasty].

This article reports the case of an 80-year-old male patient who presented to this hospital with symptomatic arthritis of the left hip. The special feature of this case was a Küntscher nail in the left femur that had been in situ for more than 50 years. Before implantation of the total hip arthroplasty the nail first had to be removed. As the Küntscher nail is a rarity nowadays there is no standardized procedure for the removal of such a nail. This case report describes a minimally invasive possibility to remove a Küntscher nail in total hip arthroplasty.