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Author Topic: Is it possible to reuse internal nails in another segment?  (Read 731 times)

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vip

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Is it possible to reuse internal nails in another segment?
« on: October 22, 2015, 10:34:56 AM »

Does any body know whether it is possible to reuse internal nails in another segment ?
To remove them from femurs and then insert them in tibias or vice versa?
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Re: Is it possible to reuse internal nails in another segment?
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2015, 01:21:37 PM »

It is possible but no doctor will do it because they correctly say that it a nail that has already been used has a higher chance of mechanical failure than an unused one.
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