Buried or exposed Kirschner wire for the management of hand and forearm fractures: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression.
Nucki Nursjamsi HidajatR M Satrio Nugroho MagetsariGregorius Thomas PrasetiyoDanendra Rakha Putra RespatiKevin Christian TjandraPublished in: PloS one (2024)
Buried K-wire may offer benefits in reducing the infection rate with a longer duration until pin removal. However, further RCTs with larger sample sizes are still needed to confirm the results of our study.