Biomaterial Database

A modified technique of dental wire fixation for spiral/oblique metacarpal and phalangeal fractures of the fingers. 2010

M M Al-Qattan, and K Al-Zahrani, and N Al-Arfaj, and B Shanawani

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
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
D005593	Fracture Fixation, Internal	The use of internal devices (metal plates, nails, rods, etc.) to hold the position of a fracture in proper alignment.	Osteosynthesis, Fracture,Fixation, Internal Fracture,Fixations, Internal Fracture,Fracture Fixations, Internal,Fracture Osteosyntheses,Fracture Osteosynthesis,Internal Fracture Fixation,Internal Fracture Fixations,Osteosyntheses, Fracture
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D050278	Finger Phalanges	Bones that make up the SKELETON of the FINGERS, consisting of two for the THUMB, and three for each of the other fingers.	Bones of Fingers,Finger Bones,Phalanges of Fingers,Bones, Finger,Fingers Bones,Phalanges, Finger
D050279	Metacarpal Bones	The five cylindrical bones of the METACARPUS, articulating with the CARPAL BONES proximally and the PHALANGES OF FINGERS distally.	Metacarpals,Bones, Metacarpal
D050723	Fractures, Bone	Breaks in bones.	Bone Fractures,Broken Bones,Spiral Fractures,Torsion Fractures,Bone Fracture,Bone, Broken,Bones, Broken,Broken Bone,Fracture, Bone,Fracture, Spiral,Fracture, Torsion,Fractures, Spiral,Fractures, Torsion,Spiral Fracture,Torsion Fracture