A Novel Surgical Technique for Extraction of a Firmly Integrated Broken Intramedullary Nail.

Aim: To present a novel technique developed in our institution to remove incarcerated and broken intramedullary (IM) tibial and femoral nails.

Background: IM nails are commonly used to treat diaphyseal fractures in both the tibia and femur. These nails can become problematic for the orthopaedic surgeon when they need to be removed, especially in the rare event that the nail has failed and broken.

Accuracy and reproducibility of visual estimation of the acetabular cup positioning in total hip arthroplasty on plain radiographs by orthopaedic surgeons.

Objectives: To examine whether trauma and orthopaedic surgeons could visually assess the anteversion and inclination of a total hip replacement acetabular component from standard anteroposterior radiograph and anteversion on a standard lateral radiograph with accuracy or reproducibility.Main outcome measurement: The main outcome was accuracy of visual estimations of angles. The secondary outcome was whether these estimations were reproducible though intra-observer variability.