Objective: To compare the frequency of union in cases treated with percutaneous intramedullary kirschner wire versus interfragmentary screw fixation displaced extra-articular metacarpal fractures. Study Design: Randomized controlled trial. Place and Duration: The Department Othropedic surgery, Ghurki Trust Teaching Hospital Lahore, Pakistan from May 2021 to November 2021. Methodology: A total 7...

Objective: Supracondylar humerus fractures are the most common surgery requiring upper extremity among children. Kirschner Wire (KW) is one of important surgical method that smooth stainless steel pins, and widely used in orthopedics. The aim this study to evaluate stability difference supracondylar children by unscrewed screwed KW finite element analysis method.
 Material Methods: In stud...

PURPOSE Tension band wiring is commonly used for fixation of simple transverse fractures. The popular configuration is parallel Kirschner wires (K-wires) and a stainless steel wire loop placed in a vertically oriented figure-of-8. METHODS We used a wooden model of a patella with a midway transverse fracture and compared four different types of fixation. The first construct had a vertical figu...

The mechanical behavior of the transosseous elements is a defining factor in the overall stiffness, stability, and reliability of an external fixation system. Mechanics involving the application of thin Kirschner wires in Ilizarov apparatus is yet to be fully explained. To address this problem, load-deflection behavior of the pretensioned thin wires laterally loaded by the bone is necessary to ...