Biosystems and Environmental Engineering Research Group, Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zimbabwe, P.O. Box MP167, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe. Electronic address: wgwenzi@agric.uz.ac.zw.
We have developed a novel osteosynthesis plate with bone union detection using a wire's natural frequency (BUDWF) to provide the quantitative result of bone union detection. The concept for detecting ...
The treatment of irreducible or severely displaced metacarpal and phalangeal bone fractures is still much debated. The recent development of the bioabsorbable magnesium K-wire is thought to allow effe...
This study included 19 patients admitted to our clinic for metacarpal or phalangeal bone fractures from May 2019 to July 2021. As a result, 20 cases were examined among these 19 patients....
Bone union was observed in all 20 cases, with a mean bone union time of 10.5 (SD 3.4) weeks. Reduction loss was observed in six cases, all showing dorsal angulation with a mean angle of 6.6° (SD 3.5°)...
Intramedullary fixation with the bioabsorbable magnesium K-wire may be used for unstable metacarpal and phalanx bone fractures. This wire is expected to be a particularly favorable indication for shaf...
Metacarpal shaft fracture is a common type of hand fracture. Numerous studies have explored fixing transverse fractures in the midshaft of the metacarpal bone. However, this section of the metacarpal ...
In total, 28 artificial metacarpal bones were used. To create wedge-shaped bone defects, an electric saw was used to create metacarpal shaft fractures at the midshaft of each bone. The artificial meta...
The DP + VP group (164.1±44.0 N) achieved a significantly higher yielding force relative to the 2 K group (50.7 ± 8.9 N); the DP group (13.6 ± 3.0 N) and VP group (12.3 ± 1.0 N) did not differ signifi...
The fixation method involving the combined use of dorsal and volar locked plates (DP + VP group) resulted in optimal outcomes with respect to fixing metacarpal shaft fractures with volar wedge bone de...
This study was conducted aimed at comparing the curative effect of external fixation combined with Kirschner wire fixation versus hollow screw fixation in the treatment of first metacarpal bone base f...
The current retrospective study included a total of 80 patients diagnosed with first metacarpal bone base fracture who were admitted in Wuxi 9th People's Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University betw...
Operation time, amount of bleeding, length of incision, length of hospital stay, and fracture healing time did not differ between the two groups (all P > 0.05). Pain score was comparable between the t...
External fixation combined with Kirschner wire fixation and hollow screw fixation exhibited similar curative effect in treating first metacarpal bone base fracture, indicating both surgery methods may...
Lateral clavicle fractures can be treated both conservatively and surgically depending on the fracture classification. Different surgical techniques have been described for the operative treatment. Th...
We report on a patient with a secondary dislocation of two Kirschner wires after Kirschner wire osteosynthesis. The secondary dislocation caused one of the wires to migrate into the mediastinum and pu...
The treatment of lateral clavicle fractures should be performed with bent Kirschner wires as they can otherwise lead to severe complications including the occurrence of pseudarthrosis or secondary mig...
The purpose of this study was to introduce the surgical method of K-wire combined with screw in the treatment of Arbeitsgemeinschaftfür Osteosynthesefragen (AO) type B3.1 phalangeal fractures and to c...
This was a retrospective comparative study. From January 2015 to February 2022, we treated 86 patients with AO type B3.1 phalangeal fractures. A total of 71 patients were finally included in the stati...
The follow-up time was 6-12 months, with an average of 7.9 months. All patients achieved clinical and radiological union. Compared with the K-wire fixation group, the TAM, radiological union time and ...
Compared with simple K-wire fixation, K-wire combined with screw in the treatment of AO type B3.1 phalangeal fractures is a safer and reliable surgical method. K-wire controls the rotation and plays a...
Proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint fusion with Kirschner (K) -wire fixation remains a popular strategy for hammertoe correction. This study was performed to evaluate the effect of length of wire fix...
A retrospective review of all hammertoe reconstructions by a single surgeon was performed. Wire length was chosen at the surgeon's discretion. Outcomes were assessed with metatarsophalangeal (MTP) con...
157 toes underwent reconstruction. Seventy had wires that spanned the MTP and 87 that did not. Wire breaks were significantly more common with longer wire fixation (P = .024). MTP incongruency was sig...
Pin breakage was rare and only occurred in the MTP group. MTP incongruence was significantly more common in the MTP group but may not reflect surgical technique. PIP union was more common with longer ...
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Tension band wiring (TBW) is a standard surgical technique for treating olecranon fractures (OFs). We devised a hybrid TBW (HTBW) combining TBW using wires with eyelets and cerclage wiring. Twenty-six...
Numerous techniques for arthrodesis have been described to fix interphalangeal (IP) joints, and the fixation method should be considered on a case-by-case basis. This study aimed to investigate the av...
A total of 43 joints (19 thumb IP joints, 9 proximal finger interphalangeal (PIP) joints and 15 distal interphalangeal (DIP) joints in 29 patients with a mean age of 66 years (range, 24-85 y) were ret...
Of these 43 digits, 42 achieved bone union (97.7%). Non-union was seen in a thumb IP joint of mutilans rheumatoid arthritis. Mean correction loss of deviation was 1.0°, and flexion or extension angula...
The two-DIOW method appears to offer an effective method of IP joint fixation, but caution should be exercised in digits of severe joint destruction and in the treatment of wire knot....
Migration of a fragmented sternal wire is an unusual and rare phenomenon following cardiovascular surgery. It can present with variable clinical presentations, ranging from incidental findings to hemo...
Retrospective review of the clinical course of two patients presenting with a fragmented sternal wire embedded in the right ventricle after sternotomy for cardiovascular surgery. We also conducted a l...
We identified 13 patients (11 from the literature), of which 85% were men, and the median age was 64 years; 46% presented with hemorrhagic shock, another 46% had other cardiovascular symptoms, and 8% ...
Migration of a fragmented sternal wire is a phenomenon presented on a dehisced and unstable sternum that can occur days or years after sternotomy. These findings and the associated cardiac injury can ...
