K-Wire Osteosynthesis for Arthrodesis of the Paediatric Foot Is a Good and Valid Procedure
Jannes Kreher, Cornelia Putz, Susanne Fackler, Sebastian Müller, Axel Horsch, Andreas Geisbüsch, Paul Alfred Grützner · 2023
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Description
Jannes Kreher and co-authors review foot surgery in children and teens in this 2023 study. Some foot shapes, such as rigid clubfoot or severe flatfoot, need surgery that fuses joints in the foot. The team checked how well those fusions healed when thin steel pins, called K-wires, held the bones in place.
They looked back at forty-six young patients treated over six years, covering well over a hundred fused joints. Ninety-four percent of the fusions healed solidly. The few that failed all came from the clubfoot group, and no clear risk factor stood out. Healing matched what other studies report for screws, plates, and nails. The authors note that pins cost less and are easy to remove, which suits growing feet.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jannes Kreher, Cornelia Putz, Susanne Fackler, Sebastian Müller, Axel Horsch, Andreas Geisbüsch, Paul Alfred Grützner |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 43 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |