ABSTRACT Purpose. To compare the outcomes of intramedullary Kirschner wire versus screw and plate fixation for unstable forearm fractures in children aged older than 10 years. Methods. Records of 32 children...

...inclusion criteria for surgery. They were randomised to receive either bridging external fixation with supplementary Kirschner-wire fixation or velar-locked plating with screws. Both groups were similar in terms of age, gender, hand dominance, fracture...

An innovative Kirschner (K-) wire point was developed and compared in fresh pig femora in terms of drilling efficiency and temperature elevation with the trochar and diamond points currently used in clinical practice. The tips of thermal couples were machined to the defined geometry and the

...stabilisation of the ulnohumeral joint by Kirschner wire transfixation. The sequence of...stabilisation of the joint using Kirschner wire was performed (Fig. 6). Four weeks later, the Kirschner wire was removed, and the scaphoid...

Over decades the K-wire (or Kirschner-wire) has been an extremely versatile tool in the hands of plastic and orthopaedic surgeons who use it for temporary or definitive osteosynthesis...

The S&S Disposable Wire Driver is designed to perform Kirschner Wire insertion into small bone in emergency room, trauma center and military field situations. The disposable wire driver comes in a...

...tension-band wire, and (3) a screw plus an anti-rotation Kirschner wire. Fractures displaced less than 5 mm were treated conservatively...fragment were treated with a screw plus an anti-rotation Kirschner wire (n=8, Fig. 1a). Those who still had several years...

...of the fracture exceeds 60 deg. Since 1994 we have used closed reduction and stabilisation with an intramedullary Kirschner wire in patients with grade-IV fractures according to the classification of Judet et al. In a retrospective analysis of...

...Dong-Shin General Hospital, Seoul. A single-stranded Kirschner wire was used to stabilise the first 19 cases (thin wires...construct was used for fusion. Two different sizes of Kirschner wire for stabilisation were used: numbers 18 and 20. To...

...fixation with two crossed 4.0-mm cannulated cancellous screws. The contralateral foot was fixed with an IM 1.6-mm Kirschner wire and an IM 6.5-mm partially threaded cancellous lag screw. A plantar-to-dorsal load was applied to the distal end of...