Four-Point Bending Strength of Transverse Osteotomies Stabilized with Various Kirschner Wire and Tension Wire Band Configurations

Abstract

Four different fixation configurations of K-wires of two different diameters were used to stabilize a transverse osteotomy in chicken humerus bones. Four-point bending was applied to these to assess their apex dorsal bending rigidity. The configurations of K-wires included intramedullary, crossed and two with different tension wire band designs. One of these consisted of two transverse K-wires which did not cross the fracture line, around which the tension wire band was placed.

The results showed that there was no statistical significance between the two different tension band wiring techniques and that both were superior to the intramedullary and crossed K-wire fixation techniques.