[Migration of Kirschner wire following osteosyntheses of the hip (author's transl)].
The article reports on two cases of migrations of Kirschner wire following osteosyntheses at the hip joint. In one case of epiphyseodesis, the steel wire for skeletal transfixion was bent and eventually broken. Seven months later, a 6 cm piece of wire had to be removed from the omentum majus of the 14-year-old male patient concerned. In a child aged 4 years, coxa vara congenita was established intertrochanterally and osteotomy fixed by means of a shackle screw after Pohl. For greater safety, a Kirschner wire was additionally introduced. The wire migrated as far as the anterior abdominal wall. The article discusses guidelines which should be observed when employing Kirschner wires.
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004839:Epiphyses, Slipped / Q000601:surgery; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D006615:Hip / Q000002:abnormalities; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
Kirschnerdrahtwanderung nach Osteosynthesen an der Hüfte.