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Four-Point Bending Strength of Transverse Osteotomies Stabilized with Various Kirschner Wire and Tension Wire Band Configurations

Ö. PEHLIVAN
A. KIRAL
M. MAHIROGULLARI
O. KOKSAL
H. KAPLAN

From the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Gulhane Military Medical Faculty, Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Correspondence: Özcan Pehlivan, MD, Ilyas Bey Cd. No:49/51 D.5, 34310 Yedikule, Istanbul, Turkey. Tel.: +90 212 589 4258; Fax: +90 212 632 9352. E-mail: ozipeh{at}yahoo.com

Four different fixation configurations of K-wires of two different diameters were used to stabilize a transverse osteotomy in chicken humerus bones. Four-point bending was applied to these to assess their apex dorsal bending rigidity. The configurations of K-wires included intramedullary, crossed and two with different tension wire band designs. One of these consisted of two transverse K-wires which did not cross the fracture line, around which the tension wire band was placed.

The results showed that there was no statistical significance between the two different tension band wiring techniques and that both were superior to the intramedullary and crossed K-wire fixation techniques.

Key Words: four-point bending • transverse osteotomies

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 30, No. 4, 428-431 (2005)
DOI: 10.1016/J.JHSB.2005.04.002
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