Migration of a broken kirschner wire to the popliteal fossa following tension band wiring of a patellar fracture
Kirschner wires (K-wires) are commonly used in the orthopedic trauma practice and liable to breakage and migration. We report the case of a middle-aged man with the migration of K-wire to the popliteal fossa after 11 years of patella fracture fixation and describe the technique of removal of the mig...
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| author | Abhishek Vaish Aabid Husain Ansari Amit Kumar Gupta Raju Vaishya |
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| description | Kirschner wires (K-wires) are commonly used in the orthopedic trauma practice and liable to breakage and migration. We report the case of a middle-aged man with the migration of K-wire to the popliteal fossa after 11 years of patella fracture fixation and describe the technique of removal of the migrated and retained K-wires. A regular radiographic follow-up should be done to identify the presence of hardware breakage or migration following the use of K-wires. Once the wire migration is identified, it should be removed on an urgent basis regardless of symptoms, to avoid any major or minor complications. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-262453d300a34d0e9629231e954c3ae82024-12-02T00:04:15ZengSAGE PublicationsApollo Medicine0976-00162213-36822021-01-0118213814110.4103/am.am_12_21Migration of a broken kirschner wire to the popliteal fossa following tension band wiring of a patellar fractureAbhishek VaishAabid Husain AnsariAmit Kumar GuptaRaju VaishyaKirschner wires (K-wires) are commonly used in the orthopedic trauma practice and liable to breakage and migration. We report the case of a middle-aged man with the migration of K-wire to the popliteal fossa after 11 years of patella fracture fixation and describe the technique of removal of the migrated and retained K-wires. A regular radiographic follow-up should be done to identify the presence of hardware breakage or migration following the use of K-wires. Once the wire migration is identified, it should be removed on an urgent basis regardless of symptoms, to avoid any major or minor complications.http://www.apollomedicine.org/article.asp?issn=0976-0016;year=2021;volume=18;issue=2;spage=138;epage=141;aulast=Vaishforeign bodyknee jointopen reduction and internal fixationpatella fracturewiring |
| spellingShingle | Abhishek Vaish Aabid Husain Ansari Amit Kumar Gupta Raju Vaishya Migration of a broken kirschner wire to the popliteal fossa following tension band wiring of a patellar fracture Apollo Medicine foreign body knee joint open reduction and internal fixation patella fracture wiring |
| title | Migration of a broken kirschner wire to the popliteal fossa following tension band wiring of a patellar fracture |
| title_full | Migration of a broken kirschner wire to the popliteal fossa following tension band wiring of a patellar fracture |
| title_fullStr | Migration of a broken kirschner wire to the popliteal fossa following tension band wiring of a patellar fracture |
| title_full_unstemmed | Migration of a broken kirschner wire to the popliteal fossa following tension band wiring of a patellar fracture |
| title_short | Migration of a broken kirschner wire to the popliteal fossa following tension band wiring of a patellar fracture |
| title_sort | migration of a broken kirschner wire to the popliteal fossa following tension band wiring of a patellar fracture |
| topic | foreign body knee joint open reduction and internal fixation patella fracture wiring |
| url | http://www.apollomedicine.org/article.asp?issn=0976-0016;year=2021;volume=18;issue=2;spage=138;epage=141;aulast=Vaish |
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