It was reported that during an ankle fusion procedure, as the surgeon was inserting a 7.0 headless ft screw across the ankle joint, the tip of the t25 hexalobe driver broke off but remained in the head of the screw.The surgeon made 2nd incision to retrieve the tip of the driver.The driver tip was retrieved and the case proceeded as planned.Patient is a male, (b)(6).Follow-up investigation: the tip of the driver was thrown away.The initial incision was made to place a percutaneous guide wire for the screw.The second incision was made as close to the inserted screw as possible in an attempt to retrieve the tip of the broken metal driver from the recessed "head" of the screw.
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