Orthopedics

• Tips & Techniques

• Novel Technique for Passing Tendon Grafts Through Bone Tunnels

• Orthopedics, November 2012, Volume 35 Issue 11
• Anatomic reconstruction in orthopedic surgery often requires the passage of soft tissue through bone tunnels. Difficulties may arise due to anatomic...More »

• The Cutting Edge

• Ideal Position for Thumb Interphalangeal Arthrodesis in the Era of Smartphones and Text Communication

• Orthopedics, November 2012, Volume 35 Issue 11
• The hypothesis of this study was that arthrodesis of the thumb interphalangeal joint at a degree of flexion greater than the recommended 0° to 15° in the...More »

• Ask the Experts

• Scaphoid Waist Fracture

• Orthopedics, November 2012, Volume 35 Issue 11
• David J. Bozentka, MD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  John T. Capo, MD, New York...More »

• In the Journals Perspective

• Pedicled osteoarticular flap reliable for treatment of metacarpophalangeal joint defects

• Orthopedics Today, November 2012
• For the treatment of traumatic defects of the metacarpophalangeal joints, the use of a pedicled osteoarticular flap harvested from the base of the third...More »

• Meeting News Coverage Perspective

• More than half of patients regain thumb opposition after carpal tunnel release

• October 4, 2012
• CHICAGO — Although researchers from Japan found that overall 52.3% of patients who underwent release for carpal tunnel syndrome recovered thumb...More »

• The Cutting Edge

• Contact Pressure in the Wrist During Computer Mouse Work

• Orthopedics, October 2012, Volume 35 Issue 10
• This study investigated the relationship between computer mouse work and contact pressure around the pisiform. Commonly performed mouse work was simulated...More »

• Case Report

• Bilateral Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in a 9-year-old Boy With Acromicric Dysplasia

• Orthopedics, October 2012, Volume 35 Issue 10
• Acromicric dysplasia is a skeletal dysplasia that is characterized by short stature, short hands and feet, typical facial dysmorphism, normal mental...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Open elbow fracture sustained in combat complicated by soft tissue, nerve injuries

• September 12, 2012
• CHICAGO – A number of risk factors predict poor outcomes for soldiers who sustained open elbow fractures, including severe soft tissue injuries,...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Volar plate position, prominence are risk factors for flexor tendon rupture after fixation

• September 12, 2012
• CHICAGO – Higher Soong grades, plate prominence and plate positioning are risk factors of flexor tendon ruptures after volar plating of distal...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Cancellous grafts unite scaphoid waist fractures without compromising reduction

• September 11, 2012
• CHICAGO — Researchers achieved good results for scaphoid waist nonunions with collapse using open reduction and internal fixation and pure...More »

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