EXTRACTOR

FOR

KUNTSCHER

J. H. PENROSE,
From

Anyone
during
fails

because
The

Petersen
and

rotated
ease

who

will
of

the

lack

an alternative

of an

effective

illustrated

and

and

here

is assembled

point

Hospital

complication

to the

works

ENGLAND

Warwickshire

the troublesome

welcome

instrument

nails,

the Coventry

has encountered

insertion

COVENTRY,

NAILS

present

ofjamming
type

ofa

of extractor

KUntscher

which

nail

sometimes

of counter-pressure.
on

by inserting

a screw

principle

the threaded

bar

like

and

the

hook

extractor

for

(a) through

Smith-

the tube

(c)

the hook
with the slot in the nail.
The
irregularly
shaped
sleeve
(b) is then
until
the instrument
is suitably
aligned,
after
which
the nail can be extracted
with
by rotating
the capstan
(d) in a clockwise
direction.
An additional
sleeve with a greater

engaging

transverse

inclination

is available

for use with

very oblique

fractures.

(C)

(b)

.,

The
The
Brigden,

apparatus

and

Glamorgan.
by this time
apparatus
does
but

778

has
is

now

It can

been

nail extractor

evolved

manufactured

be used

the

nail

not

often

for

is usually

present

by our

loose
great

of

dismantled.

Orthopaedic

Messrs

by

removal

shown

Theatre

Zimmer

the nail after union

in the medullary
difficulty.

Superintendent,

Orthopaedic

cavity

THE

Ltd.,

of the fracture

and

JOURNAL

extraction

OF

BONE

Mr
of

R. J.

Bridgend,

has occurred,

with

the

AND

JOINT

standard

SURGERY