The foot is held in place with a surgical pin or with Kirschner wire.
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After the radial thumb is amputated, the ulnar elements are centralized and fixed with a Kirschner wire.
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YAMMINE K, Rafi SM, Furhad S . Tendon and neurovascular injuries of the distal radius after pinning with Kirschner wires.
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Stainless steel ( or titanium ) rings are fixed to the bone via stainless heavy-gauge wire ( called " pins " or Kirschner wires ).
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Tension band wiring is a technique in which the bone fragments are transfixed by Kirschner wires, which are then also used as an anchor for a loop of flexible wire.
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Pinning involves the manipulation, with X-ray guidance, of the fracture into an acceptable position, and the immediate insertion of metal pins, called Kirschner wires, through the skin, into one bone fragment and across the fracture line into the other bone fragment.