Publication detail
Kirschner wire loosening in methaphyseal bone: A biomechanical study
PÍŠKA, M.
English title
Kirschner wire loosening in methaphyseal bone: A biomechanical study
Type
Paper in proceedings (conference paper)
Language
en
Original abstract
Implant loosening and infection surrounding K wires and screws are major complications of external fixation. Clinical experience and bimechanical tests have shown that the diaphyseal bone is well suited to external fixation with screws whilst wire fixation performs better than screws in the metaphysis. A new external fixator has been developed to take advantage of this fact and good clinical results have been achieved in our Unit. The main task in the study was a simulation of the dynamic process of wire loosening in the lab to quantify the mechanical factors affecting this process.
Keywords in English
K-wire, bone interface, loosening, fixation
Released
1998-11-01
Publisher
Great Britain
Location
Oxford
Book
BORS Conference 1998
Pages from–to
258–258
Pages count
1
BIBTEX
@inproceedings{BUT7427,
author="Miroslav {Píška}",
title="Kirschner wire loosening in methaphyseal bone: A biomechanical study",
booktitle="BORS Conference 1998",
year="1998",
pages="258--258",
publisher="Great Britain",
address="Oxford"
}