Technique tip: buttress Kirschner wire fixation for distal chevron osteotomy. 2007

Vinod K Panchbhavi
Orthopaedics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-0165, USA. vkpanchb@utmb.edu

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008682 Metatarsal Bones The five long bones of the METATARSUS, articulating with the TARSAL BONES proximally and the PHALANGES OF TOES distally. Metatarsals,Bone, Metatarsal,Bones, Metatarsal,Metatarsal,Metatarsal Bone
D010027 Osteotomy The surgical cutting of a bone. (Dorland, 28th ed) Osteotomies
D001864 Bone Wires Steel wires, often threaded through the skin, soft tissues, and bone, used to fix broken bones. Kirschner wires or apparatus also includes the application of traction to the healing bones through the wires. Kirschner Wire,Kirschner Wires,Bone Wire,Wire, Bone,Wire, Kirschner,Wires, Bone,Wires, Kirschner
D006215 Hallux Valgus Lateral displacement of the great toe (HALLUX), producing deformity of the first METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT with callous, bursa, or BUNION formation over the bony prominence. Hallux Abductovalgus
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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