Incarcerated tibial nail.

Removal of intramedullary nails is considered a routine procedure but may prove to be challenging. Bone ongrowth or overgrowth, damage to the proximal threads of the nail, and broken nails or locking screws may complicate intramedullary nail removal. This article presents a case of a 28-year-old patient with an incarcerated tibial nail and describes a salvage procedure for tibia nail extraction after all previously described methods have failed.