Learn About Orthopedic Nail Removal

From the mechanical viewpoint, it’s not essential to remove an orthopaedic nail in a weight-bearing limb and dissimilar from a plate, it can be left indefinitely in the body. Removal initiated by the request of the patient should be delayed for eighteen months. Intramedullary devices sometimes induce local changes that can be irritative either to the bone or to the patient and require removal. Swelling and local pain secondary to backing out of the implant is another indication for removal; confirmed bone union on radiological examination is a prerequisite for such removal. A sharp-angled deformation seeming in the follow-up roentgenogram is an indication of appliance failure. A sharply bent device is necessary to be removed and replaced as it has undertaken plastic deformation and is expected to fail with further weight-bearing. Bent nails may be removed forcefully straightening and extraction. Nail removal shouldn’t be undertaken lightly. Specialized extraction equipment f...