Hand & Wrist
Original Research
Palmar Shelf Arthroplasty for Rheumatoid Wrist Arthritis: Long-Term Follow-Up
Rheumatoid wrist arthritis is common and affects about 1.5 million people in the United States. For advanced disease, arthrodesis and implant...
Case Reports
Atypical Presentation of Soft-Tissue Mass With Gonococcal Infection in the Hand
Abstract not available. Introduction provided instead. Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection is a common sexually transmitted disease (STD) that may...
Original Research
Patients' Point of View on Informed Consent: A Prospective Study in Carpal Tunnel Surgery
Patients’ perception of consent form (CF) is not well known and many patients tend to view the CF as an administrative act. As part of a...
Tips
A Simple Wrist Arthroscopy Tower: The Wrist Triangle
Several wrist arthroscopy towers are commercially available. In this report, the use of a triangular holder as a cheap, mobile, radiolucent tower...
Conference Coverage
Antirheumatic drugs don’t boost surgical infection risk
Major finding: Rheumatoid arthritis patients who remained on their antirheumatic medication while they underwent various types of surgery did not...
News
Orthopaedic surgeons’ ‘Choosing Wisely’ list centers on osteoarthritis treatments
Original Research
Avoiding Unplanned Resections of Wrist Sarcomas: An Algorithm for Evaluating Dorsal Wrist Masses
Ganglion cysts, soft-tissue masses that commonly occur about the wrist, are often excised without imaging or biopsy.
Case Reports
Pancarpal Synovial and Tenosynovial Chondromatosis in a 65-Year-Old Man: A Highly Unusual Presentation of a Common Condition
Synovial chondromatosis is a rare, benign, metaplastic condition in which synovial tissue becomes hyperplastic, and foci of cartilaginous...
Original Research
The Pros and Cons of Using Larger Femoral Heads in Total Hip Arthroplasty
With the introduction of improved bearing surfaces for total hip arthroplasty (THA) has come a reintroduction of larger femoral heads with the...
Original Research
High-Pressure Paint Gun Injection Injury to the Palm
High-pressure injection injuries often have a misleadingly benign presentation. However, it is important to recognize the potential surgical...
Case Reports
Cartilage Defect of Lunate Facet of Distal Radius After Fracture Treated With Osteochondral Autograft From Knee
We describe using an osteochondral autograft from the lateral femoral condyle of the knee to treat a symptomatic die-punch lesion of the lunate...