The surgeon was performing a primary hip surgery.During the procedure, he broached to a size 13 corail broach.When he put the standard neck trial on the broach, it did not slide on in the usual manner and he had to tap it on using a mallet.Also when he removed the neck trial from the broach he had to use an osteotome to get it off.The procedure continued without any other complications and he used a size 13 standard corail stem implant.
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