Use of Surgical Adhesive Tape to Maintain Tension on Intrafocal K-Wires for Easy Reduction and Fixation of Complex Intra-Articular Distal Radius Fractures

Maintaining reduction during fixation of complex intra-articular distal radius fractures with dorsal comminution can be challenging. We describe an operative technique where reduction is achieved with temporary intrafocal Kirschner wires (K-wires), and held using surgical adhesive tape wrapped aroun...

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Autores principales: French, Jonathan M, Assiotis, Angelos, Uppal, Harpal S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Orthopedics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7849924/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33542874
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12427
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description Maintaining reduction during fixation of complex intra-articular distal radius fractures with dorsal comminution can be challenging. We describe an operative technique where reduction is achieved with temporary intrafocal Kirschner wires (K-wires), and held using surgical adhesive tape wrapped around the hand, whilst a volar plate is applied to achieve rigid fixation. This is a simple, inexpensive method used at our institutions which allows fixation of these fractures without the need for an operative assistant.
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spelling pubmed-78499242021-02-03 Use of Surgical Adhesive Tape to Maintain Tension on Intrafocal K-Wires for Easy Reduction and Fixation of Complex Intra-Articular Distal Radius Fractures French, Jonathan M Assiotis, Angelos Uppal, Harpal S Cureus Orthopedics Maintaining reduction during fixation of complex intra-articular distal radius fractures with dorsal comminution can be challenging. We describe an operative technique where reduction is achieved with temporary intrafocal Kirschner wires (K-wires), and held using surgical adhesive tape wrapped around the hand, whilst a volar plate is applied to achieve rigid fixation. This is a simple, inexpensive method used at our institutions which allows fixation of these fractures without the need for an operative assistant. Cureus 2021-01-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7849924/ /pubmed/33542874 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12427 Text en Copyright © 2021, French et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Orthopedics
French, Jonathan M
Assiotis, Angelos
Uppal, Harpal S
Use of Surgical Adhesive Tape to Maintain Tension on Intrafocal K-Wires for Easy Reduction and Fixation of Complex Intra-Articular Distal Radius Fractures
title Use of Surgical Adhesive Tape to Maintain Tension on Intrafocal K-Wires for Easy Reduction and Fixation of Complex Intra-Articular Distal Radius Fractures
title_full Use of Surgical Adhesive Tape to Maintain Tension on Intrafocal K-Wires for Easy Reduction and Fixation of Complex Intra-Articular Distal Radius Fractures
title_fullStr Use of Surgical Adhesive Tape to Maintain Tension on Intrafocal K-Wires for Easy Reduction and Fixation of Complex Intra-Articular Distal Radius Fractures
title_full_unstemmed Use of Surgical Adhesive Tape to Maintain Tension on Intrafocal K-Wires for Easy Reduction and Fixation of Complex Intra-Articular Distal Radius Fractures
title_short Use of Surgical Adhesive Tape to Maintain Tension on Intrafocal K-Wires for Easy Reduction and Fixation of Complex Intra-Articular Distal Radius Fractures
title_sort use of surgical adhesive tape to maintain tension on intrafocal k-wires for easy reduction and fixation of complex intra-articular distal radius fractures
topic Orthopedics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7849924/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33542874
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12427
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