"Bone Wires" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Steel wires, often threaded through the skin, soft tissues, and bone, used to fix broken bones. Kirschner wires or apparatus also includes the application of traction to the healing bones through the wires.
| Descriptor ID |
D001864
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E07.858.442.660.120 E07.858.690.650.120
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| Concept/Terms |
Bone Wires- Bone Wires
- Bone Wire
- Wire, Bone
- Wires, Bone
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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