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Pin tract infection: Because K-wires often pass through the skin into bone they form a potential passage for bacteria from the skin to migrate into the bone and cause an infection. In such cases, the area around the pin becomes red and swollen and may start to drain pus. Usually this infection clears up after removal of the pin.
Numerous pinning techniques have been proposed, however there is not enough evidence to determine which is more effective. [1] Pinning involves the manipulation, with X-ray guidance, of the fracture into an acceptable position, and the immediate insertion of metal pins, called Kirschner wires, through the skin, into one bone fragment and across the fracture line into the other bone fragment.
External fixation is a surgical treatment wherein Kirschner pins and wires are inserted and affixed into bone and then exit the body to be attached to an external apparatus composed of rings and threaded rods — the Ilizarov apparatus, the Taylor Spatial Frame, and the Octopod External Fixator — which immobilises the damaged limb to facilitate healing. [1]
X-ray showing the proximal portion of a fractured tibia with an intramedullary nail Proximal femur nail with locking and stabilisation screws for treatment of femur fractures of left thigh An intramedullary rod , also known as an intramedullary nail (IM nail) or inter-locking nail or Küntscher nail (without proximal or distal fixation), is a ...
2. All pins are equally likely to fail in the same way. 3. A pin, if inadvertently bent, is equally likely to bend in any direction. 4. A bent pin that has been pushed flat against the mating surface of its insert may be slightly curved. 5. An unwired bent pin that can touch two or more electrical paths simultaneously has open and shorted ...
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Removal of large parts of the colon can lead to loss of electrolytes. Similarly, calculated measurements of renal function (such as the Cockcroft-Gault formula ) are unlikely to reflect actual activity of the kidney , as these calculations were developed for patients in whom the circulatory system correlates with the body weight; this relation ...
Biggest problems facing CFP remain. There was plenty of politicking and whining in the buildup to the final College Football Playoff rankings show, and many of the biggest problems are self-inflicted.