Hand/Wrist News

BOSTON — In this video from the American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting, Joshua Hustedt, MD, said patients with carpometacarpal arthritis recover faster from carpometacarpal denervation than carpometacarpal arthroplasty.

Published results showed it may be safe to perform open trigger finger release in the clinic, with complication rates similar to those reported when open trigger finger release is performed in the OR.

BOSTON — Using smaller instrument sets and fewer disposable products can lower the cost of hand surgery cases and make these more sustainable procedures, a speaker said at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting.

BOSTON — Allograft to repair traumatic peripheral nerve injuries in pediatric patients was associated with no surgical complications. Some patients had normal extremity use and return to full activities postoperatively, study data showed.

BOSTON — The wide-awake local anesthesia no tourniquet technique may not be superior to general anesthesia in regard to function, rates of rupture and patient-reported outcomes, according to results presented here.

BOSTON — Patients who underwent carpometacarpal arthroplasty with concomitant treatment of metacarpophalangeal hyperextension showed less improvement in QuickDASH scores postoperatively, data presented here showed.

BOSTON — Adding sodium bicarbonate to steroid lidocaine injections for patients with certain hand conditions who also have high anxiety about undergoing hand injections may provide a less painful injection experience, results showed.

BOSTON — Health care system expenditures and patient satisfaction can be improved with the addition of nerve interventions to upper extremity amputations, according to a presenter.

Published results showed use of virtual reality immersion during hand surgery may reduce intraoperative propofol dose and post-anesthesia care unit length of stay without negatively impacting patient-reported outcomes.

Published results showed wide-awake local anesthesia with no tourniquet hand surgery performed in an in-office procedure room may be safe, cost effective and have a high patient satisfaction.