A technique to remove a broken guide wire transfixing the hip joint
Sharma, H.; Chauhan, M.; Maini, L.
Acta Orthopaedica Belgica 74(5): 683-685
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 0001-6462 PMID: 19058705 Document Number: 616280
A broken guide wire while operating on hip is one of every surgeon's most dreaded nightmares. We report here a method which was used successfully to retrieve a broken guide wire from a patient who was being operated for core decompression and fibular grafting for avascular necrosis of the femoral head.