"Bone Wires" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D001864
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E07.695.370.468 E07.858.442.660.460.468 E07.858.690.725.460.468
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| Concept/Terms |
Bone Wires- Bone Wires
- Bone Wire
- Wire, Bone
- Wires, Bone
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Bone Wires" by people in Profiles.
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Reply: To PMID 23103010. Ann Thorac Surg. 2013 Sep; 96(3):1126.
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Sternal closure with rigid plate fixation versus wire closure: a randomized controlled multicenter trial. Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 Dec; 94(6):1854-61.
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Rigid plate fixation promotes better bone healing after sternotomy. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012; 24(3):147-50.
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Biomechanical fixation in arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. Arthroscopy. 2007 Jan; 23(1):94-102, 102.e1.