The foot is held in place with a surgical pin or with Kirschner wire.

In this application, a Kirschner wire may be fed through the hollow to provide fixation and traction at each end of the implant.

After the radial thumb is amputated, the ulnar elements are centralized and fixed with a Kirschner wire.

Kirschner wires or K-wires or pins are sterilized, sharpened, smooth stainless steel pins.

Stainless steel (or titanium) rings are fixed to the bone via stainless heavy-gauge wire (called "pins" or Kirschner wires).

Tension band wiring is a technique in which the bone fragments are transfixed by Kirschner wires, which are then also used as an anchor for a loop of flexible wire.

Types of internal fixators include bone screws and metal plates, pins, rods, Kirschner wires and intramedullary devices such as the Kuntscher nail and interlocking nail.

For Bennett's fractures where there is between 1 mm and 3 mm of displacement at the trapeziometacarpal joint, closed reduction and percutaneous pin fixation (CRPP) with Kirschner wires is often sufficient to ensure a satisfactory functional outcome.

Pinning involves the manipulation, with X-ray guidance, of the fracture into an acceptable position, and the immediate insertion of metal pins, called Kirschner wires, through the skin, into one bone fragment and across the fracture line into the other bone fragment.

Consider a system of K wire loops, each with one or several wire turns.

For some individuals, the partial insertion of "K wires" into either the Dip or Pip joints of the effected digit for a period of a least 21 days in order to fuse the joint is the only way to halt the progress of the disease.