https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/f/nonclinical-discussions/15251/pins-wire-help Hi I am trying to revise pins and wires and can&#39;t seem to get my head around them. All the books and internet sites I use seem to have conflicting information. At the moment I have down that : Steinnman pins have 1 point end and one blunt. Arthrodesisen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/120979?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:07:54 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:c76aff4a-1ffa-4932-b144-ed7672e39ba4eveleen<p>Thats really helped. Thank you :) </p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/120939?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 09 Oct 2011 18:17:24 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:a382e5f6-bfea-4317-b7f7-f6bd2dff93e4Alison Clare Hickman<p>Kirschner wire = has one end like a little paddle, so I remembered it by remembering a KAYAK uses a paddle....</p> <p>Steinmann pins = sharp both ends so I remembered &#39;S&#39; (as in sharp and Steinmann)</p> <p>Arthrodesis wire = rhymes with &#39;little pieces&#39; (i.e. a smaller version of Steinmann)</p> <p>In summary, I try to make a silly connection to whatever I am trying to remember and somehow it works...&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Hope that helps in some way?!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>X</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/120916?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 09 Oct 2011 14:07:41 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:c5eda366-4040-4076-9db9-75dab463338fCatherine Goulding<p>Steinman pins are sharp at both ends - arthrodesis wires are basically tiny steinman pins</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>