Sagerfors, M Niklasson, J Pettersson, K
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Hand surgery & rehabilitation
Distal radius fractures (DRF) are the most common fracture in adults. A tool is needed to identify patients who may need extra attention from the physical therapist during the rehabilitation process. The purpose of the study was to examine if pulp-to-palm distance (PTP) 4 weeks postoperatively is associated with wrist function 3 months postoperativ...
Matter-Parrat, V Liverneaux, P
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Hand surgery & rehabilitation
While 3D printing in hand surgery is still in its infancy, it offers new avenues in research, teaching, and personalized medicine. For these reasons, some surgeons may want to jump on the bandwagon of this trendy technology. But we cannot forget that its superiority over conventional techniques has not been demonstrated. Surgeons who want to work w...
Rimokh, J Benazech, B Lebeau, N Haddad, B Moughabghab, M David, E
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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...
Dhawan, V Yonz, C Zhang, X Shao, X Du, W
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Hand surgery & rehabilitation
The aim of this paper was to introduce a simple and effective method to aid in isolation and stabilization of Dupuytren cords for collagenase injection. Tongue depressors were used to isolate and stabilize the cord during the injection procedure. The area to be injected was sterilely prepared. An assistant was then directed to place a tongue depres...
Vonderlind, H C Zach, A Eichenauer, F Kim, S Eisenschenk, A Millrose, M
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Hand surgery & rehabilitation
Arthrodesis of the proximal interphalangeal joint is a proven technique for treating of a range of pathological conditions, including osteoarthritis. There are multiple surgical procedures. A biomechanical study was conducted to compare the stability of a compression wire to intraosseous wiring for the arthrodesis. Seventeen formalin-fixed human fi...
Pakeerappa, P Wichmann, A Hedrick, M Vargas-Ortiz, O Hedrick, M
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Hand surgery & rehabilitation
Adhesions between lumbricales and interossei muscles are known as "saddle deformities." Clinical diagnosis of saddle deformities of the hand requires a high index of clinical suspicion; this specific injury is often missed or remains undiagnosed using conventional X-ray or MRI techniques. Although the "gold standard" for treatment is surgical relea...
Anger, F Curvale, C Legré, R
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Hand surgery & rehabilitation
Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare neutrophilic dermatosis that can take many clinical forms. Its diagnosis is difficult and often delayed. We report the case of a 36-year-old man with PG complicating a chemical burn of the wrist. This mode of atypical onset delayed the diagnosis and the initiation of appropriate treatment. This was not sufficient...
Schöffl, V Strohm, P Lutter, C
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Hand surgery & rehabilitation
While many finger conditions in climbers have been studied extensively, no data exist on the treatment of rock climber's finger flexor tenosynovitis. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the outcomes after corticosteroid injection. The study included rock climbing athletes suffering from chronic (longer than 6 weeks) finger flexor tenosynoviti...
Zemirline, A Lebailly, F Taleb, C Naito, K
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Hand surgery & rehabilitation
For two decades, scaphoid nonunion has been treated arthroscopically. However, compressed cancellous bone graft does not have the same mechanical properties as corticocancellous bone graft for reducing the scaphoid humpback deformity and DISI tilt. Here, we describe an arthroscopic technique to treat Alnot stage IIB scaphoid nonunion. We treated a ...
Mooney, M Andrews, K Rowland, A Jain, M Mustapha, A A Skie, M
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Hand surgery & rehabilitation
Surgical results for treatment of medial epicondylitis and cubital tunnel syndrome are generally satisfactory when performed alone. However, our experience suggests a combined procedure is associated with inferior outcomes. A retrospective review was conducted of consecutive surgical cases of medial epicondylectomy/debridement and ulnar nerve decom...
