title: These Wire Cutters are Broken.
abstract: K-wire cutters have a fixed range of cutting capabilities. Wire cutters are most efficiently applied perpendicular to the K-wire as oblique application increases the effective diameter of the K-wire, which may cause the wire cutters to break.
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal Preston Hospital, Preston, UK PR2 9HT.
authors.forename: Saqib
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Javed
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Redfern
keywords: Damage; Kapandji; Kirschner wire; Technique; Wire cutters