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Lowe, J. A., Rister, J., Eastman, J., & Freind, J. (2015). Injury to neurovascular structures with insertion of traction pins around the knee. Journal of orthopaedics, 12S79-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jor.2014.04.013
Lowe, Jason A, et al. "Injury to neurovascular structures with insertion of traction pins around the knee." Journal of orthopaedics vol. 12 (2015): S79-82. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jor.2014.04.013
Lowe JA, Rister J, Eastman J, Freind J. Injury to neurovascular structures with insertion of traction pins around the knee. J Orthop. 2014 Jun 11;12:S79-82. doi: 10.1016/j.jor.2014.04.013. eCollection 2015 Oct. PMID: 26719614; PMCID: PMC4674492.
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J Orthop. 2014 Jun 11;12:S79-82. doi: 10.1016/j.jor.2014.04.013. eCollection 2015 Oct.

Injury to neurovascular structures with insertion of traction pins around the knee.

Journal of orthopaedics

Jason A Lowe, Jamie Rister, Jonathan Eastman, Jonathan Freind

Affiliations

  1. Jason Lowe and Jamie Rister Department of Orthopaedics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
  2. Jonathan Eastman Department of Orthopaedics, University of California at Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, USA.
  3. Jonathan Friend Department of Anatomy, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

PMID: 26719614 PMCID: PMC4674492 DOI: 10.1016/j.jor.2014.04.013

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Identify risk to neurovascular structures around the knee with placement of skeletal traction pins.

METHODS: 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.

CONCLUSION: 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.

Keywords: Femur; Iatrogenic damage; Tibia; Traction pin

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