title: The Kirschner wire guide.
abstract: The Kirschner wire guide is a useful means of introducing K-wires into the facial skeleton. It can be easily constructed in the maxillofacial laboratory and its use allows accurate positioning of K-wires, especially in fractures of the zygomatic complex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Canniesburn Hospital, Bearsden, Glasgow.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Adamson
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Douglas
mesh_terms: D001864:Bone Wires; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D015051:Zygomatic Fractures / Q000628:therapy*