Migration of a broken kirschner wire to the popliteal fossa following tension band wiring of a patellar fracture

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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Main Authors: Abhishek Vaish, Aabid Husain Ansari, Amit Kumar Gupta, Raju Vaishya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 2021-01-01
Series:Apollo Medicine
Subjects:
foreign body
knee joint
open reduction and internal fixation
patella fracture
wiring
Online Access: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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