Injury to neurovascular structures with insertion of traction pins around the knee.
basic_science · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 26719614.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.jor.2014.04.013 and PMC identifier 4674492.
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Abstract
Identify risk to neurovascular structures around the knee with placement of skeletal traction pins. Kirchner wires were inserted into cadaveric limbs followed by layer dissecting of each leg. Correlations between weight, height, BMI, and distance were determined after calculating the average distance with deviation between each anatomic structure and the Kirschner wire. Insertion of traction pins around the knee did not result in injury to neurovascular structures. Both weight and BMI positively correlated with distance between implants and neurovascular structure. Data collected suggests similar trends for all other anatomic structures.
Anatomy
- knee