"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Bone Wires" by people in Profiles.
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Symptomatic posterior fossa and supratentorial subdural hygromas as a rare complication following transarticular screw fixation with posterior wiring for atlantoaxial instability: A case report. Medicine (Baltimore). 2019 Jul; 98(28):e14847.
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Polymer cable tie closure of the sternum: Is it an acceptable fix? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 10; 156(4):1611-1612.
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The quest for ideal sternal closure: Not as simple as it sounds. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 10; 156(4):1587-1588.
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Implantable device to monitor cardiac activity with sternal wires. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2014 Dec; 37(12):1630-40.
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External fixation for displaced 2-part proximal humeral fractures. Orthopedics. 2012 Dec; 35(12):e1732-7.
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Anatomic double-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: kinematics and knee flexion angle-graft tension relation. Arthroscopy. 2010 Feb; 26(2):202-13.
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Long-term results following fronto-orbital reconstruction in nonsyndromic unicoronal synostosis. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2008 May; 121(5):251e-260e.
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En bloc resection of multilevel cervical chordoma with C-2 involvement. Case report and description of operative technique. J Neurosurg Spine. 2005 Feb; 2(2):199-205.
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History of instrumentation for stabilization of the subaxial cervical spine. Neurosurg Focus. 2004 Jan 15; 16(1):E10.
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Strength of fixation of Ludloff metatarsal osteotomy utilizing three different types of Kirschner wires: a biomechanical study. Foot Ankle Int. 2003 Oct; 24(10):805-11.