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                | ISSN | 
                2218-5836 (online) | 
            
            
                | Open Access | 
                This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ | 
            
            
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        | Category | 
        Orthopedics | 
    
    
        | Manuscript Type | 
        Case Report | 
    
    
        | Article Title | 
        
                    “Push back” technique: A simple method to remove broken drill bit from the proximal femur
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        | Manuscript Source | 
        Invited Manuscript | 
    
    
        | All Author List | 
        Devendra K Chouhan and Siddhartha Sharma | 
    
    
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        | Corresponding Author | 
        Dr. Siddhartha Sharma, Department of Orthopaedics, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Sector 12, Chandigarh 160012, 
India. sids82@gmail.com
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        | Key Words | 
        Broken drill bit; Interlocking nail; Femoral fracture; Surgical technique | 
    
    
        | Core Tip | 
        Drill bits can break during locking in femoral intramedullary nailing. In this article, the authors describe an innovative yet simple technique to remove a broken drill bit from the proximal femur. | 
    
            
                | Publish Date | 
                2015-11-12 08:20 | 
            
    
        | Citation | 
        Chouhan DK, Sharma S. “Push back” technique: A simple method to remove broken drill bit from the proximal femur. World J Orthop 2015; 6(10): 847-849 | 
    
            
                | URL | 
                http://www.wjgnet.com/2218-5836/full/v6/i10/847.htm | 
            
            
                | DOI | 
                http://dx.doi.org/10.5312/wjo.v6.i10.847 | 
            
    
    
        
                
        
     
 
                 
             
         
        
    
        
        
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