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(A) A 3-mm guide wire approaches the distal part of the expansion nail. (B) Consequently, the reamer approaches the distal tip of the nail. (C) Placing of the extraction rod on the tip of the expansion nail and mobilization of the jammed nail by retrograde hits are shown. (D) Retrograde removal of the nail from the knee with slight hammer blows on an extraction rod is shown. (E) The distal tip of the nail is shown after removal.
