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Conceptual origins, current practice, and views of wide awake hand surgery Open
This article reviews historical background, essential practice principles, and the new emerging area of wide awake hand surgery. It outlines the reasons that wide awake, local anaesthesia, no tourniquet surgery has emerged so quickly in th…
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Surgeon Preference, Influence, and Treatment of Thumb Carpometacarpal Arthritis Open
Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate current surgical practice patterns, the factors that influence these patterns, and overall trends in the treatment of thumb carpometacarpal osteoarthritis. Methods: An online survey con…
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The incidence and management of peripheral nerve injury in England (2005–2020) Open
PNI is a significant national healthcare problem predominantly affecting distal, upper limb nerves of men of working age. Injury prevention strategies, improved targeted funding and rehabilitation pathways are needed to reduce the injury b…
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Osseointegrated prosthesis for patients with an amputation Open
This article reviews the development of multidisciplinary osseointegration treatment in the Netherlands since its start in 2009. People experiencing limitations due to their socket prosthesis after a leg amputation present to the Radboud U…
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Do Surgeons Treat Their Patients Like They Would Treat Themselves? Open
Level III, diagnostic study.
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Ultrasound guided distal peripheral nerve block of the upper limb: A technical review Open
Upper extremity surgery is commonly performed under regional anesthesia. The advent of ultrasonography has made performing upper extremity nerve blocks relatively easy with a high degree of reliability. The proximal approaches to brachial …
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Emergency Department Visits After Hand Surgery Are Common and Usually Related to Pain or Wound Issues Open
Level IV, prognostic study.
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Wide-Awake Anesthesia for Olecranon Fracture Fixation Open
Introduction: Wide-awake local anesthesia and no tourniquet (WALANT) has come a long way. It has been reported to be successful in the surgery of distal radius and ulna fractures. We report a case of olecranon fracture plating under WALANT…
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What Are the Minimally Important Changes of Four Commonly Used Patient-reported Outcome Measures for 36 Hand and Wrist Condition-Treatment Combinations? Open
Background Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are frequently used to assess treatment outcomes for hand and wrist conditions. To adequately interpret these outcomes, it is important to determine whether a statistically significant c…
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Rehabilitation following surgery for flexor tendon injuries of the hand Open
There is a lack of evidence from RCTs on most of the rehabilitation interventions used following surgery for flexor tendon injuries of the hand. The limited and very low-certainty evidence for all 14 comparisons examined in the 17 included…
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Responsiveness of the PROMIS and its Concurrent Validity with Other Region- and Condition-specific PROMs in Patients Undergoing Carpal Tunnel Release Open
Background The Patient-reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) continues to be an important universal patient-reported outcomes measure (PROM) in orthopaedic surgery. However, there is concern about the performance of the …
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Revisiting the disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand (DASH) and QuickDASH in rheumatoid arthritis Open
Most previous modern psychometric analyses of both the DASH and QuickDASH have failed to fully address the effect of a breach of the local independence assumption upon construct validity. Accommodating this problem by creating 'super items…
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Free toe pulp flap for finger pulp and volar defect reconstruction Open
Background: Fingertip injury requiring flap cover is very common in the modern era. The ideal cover should fulfill both functional and aesthetic improvement. Materials and Methods: From June 2015 to April 2016, we performed seven free toe …
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Cat bite: an injury not to underestimate Open
Domestic cat bites are common and are often treated by simple wound care with good outcome. However, delayed presentation may lead to significant morbidity or even mortality. Twenty cases of cat bites to the hand and wrist were retrospecti…
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Macrodactyly: decision-making and surgery timing Open
Macrodactyly is a rare condition in which fingers, hands or limb growth is unregulated, resulting in overgrowth of tissues in the affected extremities. It is critical to properly assess these extremities for signalling pathway, psychologic…
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The First Dorsal Metacarpal Artery Flap Family: A Review Open
Deep soft tissue injuries around the thumb can severely hinder hand function if not treated correctly. Many different surgical options have been described for the treatment of these serious lesions, including microsurgical flaps, such as t…
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Incidence and treatment of hand and wrist injuries in Dutch emergency departments Open
Purpose The purpose of this study was to describe the epidemiology, treatment and costs of hand and wrist injuries presenting to the Dutch ED. With increasing medical costs and crowding of emergency departments (ED), a more detailed descri…
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Coincidence or complication? A systematic review of trigger digit after carpal tunnel release Open
The incidence of trigger digits after CTR surgery is not negligible. Thumbs and ring fingers are the most commonly involved digits. This topic should therefore be suitably addressed during preoperative consultations.
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The Use of Bone Graft Substitute in Hand Surgery Open
Bone defects are a very common problem in hand surgery, occurring in bone tumor surgery, in complicated fractures, and in wrist surgery. Bone substitutes may be used instead of autologous bone graft to avoid donor site morbidity. In this a…
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Trends in the Level of Evidence in Clinical Hand Surgery Research Open
Background: The application of evidence-based medicine (EBM) to the practice of hand surgery has been limited. Production of high-quality research is an integral component of EBM. With considerable improvements in the quality evidence in b…
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Reach out and grasp the opportunity: reconstructive hand surgery in tetraplegia Open
Reconstructive upper extremity surgeries in tetraplegia are technically challenging because of the many complicated real-time decisions that need to be made, e.g. extent of release of donor muscle-tendon complex, routing of donor muscles, …
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Neurologic complications in common wrist and hand surgical procedures Open
Nerve dysfunction after upper extremity orthopedic surgery is a recognized complication, and may result from a variety of different causes. Hand and wrist surgery require incisions and retraction that necessarily border on small peripheral…
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Patient’s satisfaction beyond hand function in Dupuytren’s disease: analysis of 1106 patients Open
This study investigates the outcomes of 1106 patients with Dupuytren’s disease treated with limited fasciectomy or percutaneous needle fasciotomy over 16 years according to the different domains of patient-reported hand function. These pat…
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Overview of In‐Hospital 3D Printing and Practical Applications in Hand Surgery Open
Three‐dimensional (3D) printing is spreading in hand surgery. There is an increasing number of practical applications like the training of junior hand surgeons, patient education, preoperative planning, and 3D printing of customized casts,…
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Microsurgery Competency During Plastic Surgery Residency: An Objective Skills Assessment of an Integrated Residency Training Program. Open
Objective: Microsurgical education is an integral aspect of plastic surgery training. Like most traditional surgical education models, microsurgical skills are taught on an apprenticeship model. This study aims at evaluating microsurgery s…
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Risk Factors for 30-Day Complications After Thumb CMC Joint Arthroplasty: An American College of Surgeons National Surgery Quality Improvement Program Study Open
Background: The first carpometacarpal (CMC) joint is a common site of osteoarthritis, with arthroplasty being a common procedure to provide pain relief and improve function with low complications. However, little is known about risk factor…
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Does occupational therapy delay or reduce the proportion of patients that receives thumb carpometacarpal joint surgery? A multicentre randomised controlled trial Open
Objectives To evaluate whether occupational therapy, provided in the period between referral and surgical consultation, might delay or reduce the need of surgery in thumb carpometacarpal joint (CMCJ) osteoarthritis and to explore predictor…
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Hand injuries in an older population - a retrospective cohort study from a single hand surgery centre Open
The incidence of hand injuries among the elderly is lower than among a younger population. Men sustained more wounds from using hazardous equipment, while women sustained post-fall fractures. A minority of the elderly is healthy. Preventio…
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A repeated carpal tunnel syndrome due to tophaceous gout in flexor tendon Open
Early diagnosis and control of gout are necessary to avoid irreversible complications. The surgery combined with decreasing trioxypurine treatment can improve the treatment outcome of gouty tophus.