Symptomatic Hardware and Implant Removal

Metacarpal Plates to Adjacent Joints Increases Risk of Implant ...

23 patients (28%) underwent implant removal by their final follow-up visit: three because of an infection, two because of hardware failure, and ...

Functional Outcomes of Symptomatic Implant Removal Following ...

There appears to be value in removing implants from the ankle in patients who report discomfort during daily activities. Further investigation ...

Symptomatic Implant Removal Following Mini-Fragment Plating for ...

Purpose: There are multiple factors associated with reoperation following internal fixa- tion of olecranon fractures, yet symptomatic hardware repeatedly ...

Hardware Removal is Inclusive of Debridement and Irrigation - AAPC

You also report the diagnosis codes 996.67 (Infection and inflammatory reaction due to other internal orthopedic device implant and graft) for ...

Low rate of secondary surgery and implant removal following ...

In our series, the rate of symptomatic hardware removal was 2.22%, well below reported removal rates. Hardware removal rates for prominent symptomatic ...

Rates and Factors Associated With Hardware Removal in Physeal ...

Currently, asymptomatic hardware removal remains con- troversial. A ... after elective symptomatic orthopaedic implant removal. J Am Acad Orthop ...

Incidence of Sacroiliac Screw Implant Pain and Results of Screw ...

46/250 (18.4%) patients underwent implant removal, accounting for 66 screws. 43 patients cited painful hardware as the reason for removal.

Revision Surgery Series: Painful Hardware

The need for removal of hardware in the foot only applies to around 5% of foot procedures -- this excludes those trauma procedures where removal of implants in ...

Breast Implant Removal | TRICARE

Implant removal may be covered only if it's necessary treatment of a complication which represents a separate medical condition. Implant damage, ...

Bratislava Medical Journal Vol.116, No.6, p.357-362, 2015 - AEPress

CONCLUSION: Our results suggested that only symptomatic hardware should be removed. A decreased range of motion and extensor tendon problems are ...

Complications of Hardware Removal - YouTube

While hardware removal may improve patient function, the procedure carries risks of unexpected outcomes ... Why is your Knee Replacement painful?

Indications for Implant Removal in Horses Following Fracture Repair

Bacterial infection, Nerve lesions ; Avascular necrosis, Hemorrhage ; Internal plate breakage or failure, Incomplete hardware removal ; Angular ...

Indications of implant removal: A study of 83 cases - Academia.edu

Routine removal is advocated by some and opposed by others. Nevertheless, some patients require removal of the hardware because of various implant-related ...

Hardware removal after tibial fracture has healed

The standard of care for the treatment of diaphyseal tibial fractures is an intramedullary nail (IMN). Implant removal is one of the most common procedures in ...

Epidemiological and Outcome Analysis of Orthopedic Implants ...

Commonest indication for the implant removal procedure was pain (45%). ... pain in Brown et al series of painful hardware removal from ankle.13,14 In this ...

Removal of internal fixation in pediatric patients

associated with the presence of hardware, such as delayed infection, hardware migration, implant breakage, allergic reactions, stress fractures and soft.

Indications and complications in relation to removal of clavicle ...

Implant removal following fracture healing is controversial [4]. Overall this procedure does not guarantee relief of symptoms, and patients are ...

Orthopedic Hardware - UW Radiology - University of Washington

It also decreases the fracture gap and decreases stress on the orthopedic implant. This compression can be static, where the compression is produced by the ...

Indications of implant removal: A study of 83 cases. - Europe PMC

Infection is the next most common, followed by hardware failure. Other indications are implant failure, bone resorption due to excessive stress shielding and ...

Prospective Study of Indications and Outcomes of Implant Removal ...

Symptomatic implant frequently needs removal. We have found that pain and implant prominence (mechanical symptoms) are the most common ...