Steel wires, often threaded through the skin, soft tissues, and bone, used to fix broken bones. Kirschner wires or apparatus also includes the application of traction to the healing bones through the wires.
Synonyms: Kirschner Wire, Wires, Kirschner, Wire, Bone, Wires, Bone, Bone Wires, Wire, Kirschner, Bone Wire, Kirschner Wires
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do not confuse with BONE PINS see BONE NAILS ,91(86); was see under ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES 1986-90 ,91; was see under ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES 1986-90
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D001864