BACKGROUND The zygomatic maxillary complex (ZMC) fractures are one of the most frequent injuries of the facial skeleton due to its position and facial contour. Assaults, road traffic accidents and falls are the principal etiologic factors that may cause fractures of zygomatic bone. The different fixation methods are applied to treat the zygomatic bone fractures, with many more classifications w...

1. exposure through A3 pulley 2. mobilization of volar fragment attached to volar plate 3. dorsal blocking wire to reduce and hold joint in place 4. elevation of any depressed articular fragment and bone grafting 5. repositioning of volar fragment over the base of middle phalanx 6. preliminary fixation with K wire 7. plating with mini 1.2 or 1.3mm T plate, or hook plate(s) 8. removal of dorsal ...

We report failure analysis of sternal wires in two cases in which a perichronal fixation technique was used to close the sternotomy. Various characteristics of the retrieved wires were compared to those of unused wires of the same grade and same manufacturer and with surgical wire specifications. In both cases, wire fracture was un-branched and transgranular and proceeded by a high cycle fatigu...

BACKGROUND Open total extrusion of the talus without concomitant fracture is an extremely rare injury. We present 6-year follow-up data of a patient treated using a temporary spanning external fixator and less invasive single K-wire fixation. CASE PRESENTATION A 55-year-old Asian man who had a totally extruded talus without fracture underwent immediate reimplantation surgery. A spanning exter...

An 80-year old woman with a history of surgical fixation of her acromio-clavicular joint with three Kirschner wires 3 months earlier presented with shortness of breath and a dislocated shoulder. Computed tomography scan confirmed the diagnosis of a retained Kirchner wire in the right ventricle (Fig. 1) with pericardial effusion (Fig. 2). Figure 1: Scout view showing one wire within the heart sh...

!"#$%&'#()*+,#-*%.#/%0-1*$23(#4*5./$%6.#(*35*%,#*-#$7*35*%,#* little finger metacarpal (boxer fractures) with percutaneous transverse K-wire fixation and other procedures, there may be iatrogenic injury to the dorsal digital branch to the little finger (DDBLF) of the dorsal branch of the ulnar nerve (DBUN). In this study we aimed to describe the relationship of the DDBLF of the DBUN and the ins...