PURPOSE To review records of 5 patients with anterior coronal trochlear fractures. METHODS Four men and one woman aged 25 to 46 (mean, 34) years underwent cancellous screw (n=3) or Kirschner wire (n=2) fixation for anterior coronal fractures of the humeral trochlea after falling on a flexed elbow. Patients were operated on through a medial approach. Three patients who had a large osteochondra...

PURPOSE. To evaluate outcome of open reduction and Kirschner wire fixation with triceps lengthening for neglected elbow dislocations. METHODS. Records of 6 women and 14 men aged 7 to 60 (mean, 20) years who underwent open reduction and Kirschner wire fixation with triceps lengthening for neglected elbow dislocations were reviewed. The dislocations were posterolateral (n=11), posterior (n=4), an...

PURPOSE Study of a biplanar crossed pin construct by two crossed Kirschner wires in the management of displaced extension type supracondylar humeral fractures in children. METHODS Sixty-four patients with such fractures were included and treated according to the study protocol: after achieving closed reduction under general anesthesia with fluoroscopic control, two crossed Kirschner wires of ...

Migration of Kirschner wires after fracture fixation is a rare complication. Several cases of intrathoracic migration after humeral or clavicle fixation with this technique have been reported though. We describe an even rarer case where a wire migrated from the proximal humerus to the abdomen perforating the left thoracic cavity and hemidiaphragm. The distal end of the wire was located next to ...

Management of type II distal clavicle fractures has always been a challenge. Non-operative treatment has a high risk of complications and should be considered only for elderly and frail patients. For younger and active patients there is a wide variety of operative options, each with advantages and disadvantages. According to our unit's experience the first choice could be hook plate fixation, w...

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 temperature measured during drilling. Using the same drill speed (rev/min) and feed rate, the new K-wire ...

Iatrogenic injury is an underreported but potentially devastating complication of orthopedic wire migration. We report a 48-year-old man with a tracheoinnominate artery fistula caused by migration of a Kirschner wire that was inserted for fixation of a left clavicle fracture nine years before. Following surgical removal of the wire and repair of both trachea and innominate artery, the patient r...

At Bunbury Regional Hospital, we recently saw a case where Kirschner wires (K-wires), used during open reduction and internal fixation of olecranon, were propelled down the intramedullary canal intraoperatively. The K-wire was only secured unicortically. From our experience, we have developed steps to prevent this complication. First, where the wires are being used as part of a tension band wir...

Purpose We investigated two major factors which affect the overall accuracy of patient specific instrumentation (PSI) for cup insertion in total hip arthroplasty; 1) the fitting of PSI on the bony surface, and 2) deviation of cup impaction under a linear visual reference. Methods Using 12 cadaveric hips, we inserted Kirschner wire (K-wire) through PSI on the acetabulum for the linear reference ...