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Vertebral canal location of a broken drill bit

Journal:	Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology (VCOT)
ISSN:	0932-0814
DOI:	http://dx.doi.org/10.3415/VCOT-07-03-0023
Issue:	2008: Issue 1 2008
Pages:	94-97

Vertebral canal location of a broken drill bit

S. Etchepareborde, J. Mills

Scarsdale Veterinary Hospital, Derby, UK

Summary

A 2 mm drill broke during plate fixation of an ilial fracture. Postoperative radiographs showed the tip of the drill bit to be within the L7 vertebral canal. It was retrieved 10 days later via dorsal laminectomy, immediately restoring weight bearing.

Keywords

Ilial fracture, drill bit breakage, vertebral canal foreign body, dorsal laminectomy

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.3415/VCOT-07-03-0023

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