COVID-19: Initial experience of hand surgeons in Northern Italy.
Published in Hand surgery & rehabilitation
Magnetically controlled growing rods in severe radial club hand congenital deformities.
Published in Hand surgery & rehabilitation
The use of the RegJoint™ implant for base of thumb osteoarthritis: Results with a minimum follow-up of 2 years.
Published in Hand surgery & rehabilitation
The RegJoint™ (Scaffdex Oy, Finland) implant is a bio-absorbable poly-L/D-lactide implant which acts as a temporary support in resected joint spaces. It can be used in base of thumb surgery as a spacer to prevent first metacarpal subsidence. However, high rates of adverse tissue reactions and bone osteolysis have been reported recently by one group...
Ten-year radiological and clinical outcomes of capitolunate arthrodesis with scaphoid and triquetrum excision for advanc...
Published in Hand surgery & rehabilitation
The aim of this study was to evaluate the long-term outcomes of capitolunate arthrodesis for treating advanced wrist osteoarthritis. The arthrodesis procedures were performed in three women and seven men having a mean age of 59years (range, 20-70). Eight of the patients were manual laborers. The dominant hand was operated on in seven patients. The ...
Outcomes of ulnar shortening osteotomy using a new compression plate.
Published in Hand surgery & rehabilitation
Ulnar impaction syndrome (UIS) is a frequent cause of ulnar-sided wrist pain. Several open and arthroscopic surgery techniques have been described. Ulnar shortening osteotomy (USO) is often the method of choice. It has the advantage of leveling the distal radioulnar joint extra-articularly while maintaining the integrity of the soft tissues that st...
Radial osteotomy for the correction of forearm deformities in hereditary multiple osteochondroma.
Published in Hand surgery & rehabilitation
Forearm deformities are often observed in patients with hereditary multiple osteochondroma, resulting in functional disability and cosmetic impairment. The aim of this study was to assess clinical and radiological outcomes after corrective osteotomy of the radius (COR). We performed a retrospective analysis of clinical and radiologic data from pati...
Fifth metacarpal instability and its effect on hamatometacarpal arthritis patterns-a cadaver study.
Published in Hand surgery & rehabilitation
Osteoarthritis (OA) of the fifth carpometacarpal joint is a rare diagnosis with most cases occurring post-traumatically. The joint's ligamentous supports have not been described extensively; however we know that the volar and intermetacarpal ligaments acts as the primary stabilizers. The major deforming forces on this joint are the extensor carpi u...
Anatomy of the median nerve and its clinical applications.
Published in Hand surgery & rehabilitation
The median nerve is a mixed sensory and motor nerve. It is classically described as the nerve of pronation, of thumb, index finger, middle finger and wrist flexion, of thumb antepulsion and opposition, as well as the nerve of sensation for the palmar aspect of the first three fingers. It takes its name from its middle position at the end of the bra...
Clinical and radiological outcomes of 40 cases of SLAC and SNAC wrist treated by four-corner arthrodesis with locking pl...
Published in Hand surgery & rehabilitation
The treatment of scapholunate advanced collapse (SLAC) and scaphoid nonunion advanced collapse (SNAC) wrist varies. No clear consensus exists on surgical indications. Scaphoid excision and four-corner arthrodesis with locking plate is one of preferred treatments for these lesions. The purpose of this study was to assess the clinical and radiologica...
Volar locking plate fixation of distal radius fractures: Isokinetic assessment of the influence of an ulnar styloid proc...
Published in Hand surgery & rehabilitation
Although distal radius fractures (DRF) are frequent, the management of associated ulnar styloid process (USP) lesions is still controversial. According to recent studies, a fracture of the USP does not appear to affect functional outcomes after treatment of a DRF with plate fixation. We sought to compare the impact of a USP fracture on pronation an...
