Kirschner Wire Migration to the Cervical Spine: AComplication of Clavicular Fixation in a Child
Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal
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: 45-46, 2007.
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ABSTRACT
We report a case of a broken K wire migrating to the cervical spine from the right clavicle in a 9 year old child. The initial diagnosis, fracture of the clavicle with an acromioclavicular joint dislocation, was treated by open reduction and K wiring. One K wire broke and migrated to the neck, posterolateral to the C6 vertebra. The K wire was removed percutaneously under image intensification. Acromioclavicular joint dislocation in children is rare since the distal clavicle does not ossify until the age o
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Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal
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2007
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