2024年6月22日 · A Kirschner wire, also called a K-wire, is used to stabilize bone fragments during a fracture repair. K-wires generally stick out of the skin so that they can be easily removed once the broken bone has healed.

K-wires can be applied to many different fracture patterns. Considerations include fracture obliquity, comminution, and soft tissue status. As K-wires cannot compress the fracture, the fracture needs to be reduced before K-wire insertion.

Kirschner wires or K-wires or pins are sterilized, sharpened, smooth stainless steel pins. Introduced in 1909 by Martin Kirschner, the wires are now widely used in orthopedics and other types of medical and veterinary surgery.

Kirschner wires or K wires are metallic wire (stainless steel) sharpened one or both side, are used to hold bone fragments together (pin fixation) or to provide an anchor for skeletal traction. K wire (Kirschner wire) is now widely used in orthopedics and …

K-wires can be applied to many different fracture patterns. Considerations include fracture obliquity, comminution, and soft tissue status. We will here illustrate two of many possible configurations. As K-wires cannot compress the fracture, the fracture needs to be reduced before K-wire insertion. This is particularly true for articular fractures.

Fractures of small bones (hand and foot) require 1.0–1.6 mm K-wires. The size of the K-wire should be chosen according to the size of the fragment. For example, a fracture of the medial epicondyle of the humerus requires a K-wire of smaller diameter than a fracture of the lateral humeral condyle.

2023年2月15日 · K wires (Kirschner wires) are a type of stabilization wire/pin used in orthopedic surgery. They are pointed stainless steel wires that can be used in multiple roles during internal fixation: as a temporary measure before more definitive fixation. thin wires are especially useful for smaller bones (e.g. hands, pediatrics)

Permanent internal K-Wire fixation for hammertoe correction is a viable option for fixation of hammertoe deformity outperforming traditional temporary K-wire fixation and resulting in good clinical results comparable to other commercially available implants.

We describe a surgical alternative for K-wire management in foot surgery. When a Kirschner wire (K-wire) is used percutaneously, the protruding end often causes discomfort and is associated with an increased risk of complications, such as pin loosening, infection, injury, etc.

What is a K-wire? A K-wire is a small sharp wire used to support broken bones in fingers and toes. Why does my child need a K-wire? Your child may have needed to have a bone broken during an operation and the surgeon will then put the …

2022年12月21日 · K-Wires (Pins) Kirschner wire (a/k/a K-wire or pin) fixation of hammertoes are the most commonly used devices to correct hammertoes. Complications are not uncommon and include superficial wound infection, pin migration, and recurrent deformities.

Apart from fractures and dislocations, the author has used K-wires in nontraumatic conditions such as fusion of the small joints of the foot. The strength of this book is the large database of cases and examples of the use of K-wire in almost every situation/bone.

2024年8月27日 · Kirschner wires, typically known as K-wires, are indispensable devices in a variety of medical procedures, especially when a procedure requires bone fragment stabilization during the recovery process.

A resection arthroplasty of the PIP joint or PIP fusion was performed and fixed with a K-wire. Follow-up duration, preoperative diagnosis, pin duration, concomitant procedures, recurrence rates, and complications were reviewed and analyzed.

Detailed step by step desription of K-wire fixation for Diaphyseal and extraarticular end segment fractures of the proximal hallux located in our module on Foot phalanges

2021年9月14日 · K-wires are commonly used in hand, wrist, elbow, ankle, and foot injuries. Bone sizes can vary widely between patients: from adults and teens versus children, males versus females, and those with short, thin bones versus large, thick bones.

2021年4月13日 · While percutaneous K-wire fixation is considered the gold standard surgical treatment for lesser digit deformity correction, intramedullary buried K-wire techniques for digital deformities are becoming increasingly popular in the literature and growing in practice.

The first option is to drive a K-wire through the toe, beginning just under the nail and then driving the K-wire in line with the toe's axis across the IP joint (s). The K-wire is advanced across the MTP joint while the joint is kept reduced. In the hallux, two K-wires should be inserted.

Hammertoe deformities are one of the most common foot deformities, affecting up to one third of the general population. Fusion of the joint can be achieved with various devices, with the current focus on percutaneous Kirschner (K)-wire fixation or commercial intramedullary implant devices.

K-wires can be applied to many different fracture patterns. Considerations include fracture obliquity, comminution, and soft tissue status. As K-wires cannot compress the fracture, the fracture needs to be reduced before K-wire insertion, which is …