Hand/Wrist News

Compared with casting or percutaneous pinning, volar locking plate and external fixation are not cost-effective interventions for the treatment of closed extra-articular distal radius fractures in older adults, according to results.

Use of the QuickDASH score in the early postoperative period to assess function and overall satisfaction with hand surgery can positively impact the recovery trajectory of patients, according to study results.

Adequate stability of vascularized bone graft constructs is critical to successful treatment of proximal pole of the scaphoid nonunions, a presenter said at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting.

Hand surgeons provided helpful suggestions for matching to the best hand fellowship possible using a virtual application process during the American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting.

Researchers found targeted muscle reinnervation used in military patients at the time of primary amputation or delayed amputation was safe and efficacious as a pain treatment method.

Researchers found targeted muscle reinnervation used in military patients at the time of primary amputation or delayed amputation was safe and efficacious as a pain treatment method.

Presenters at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting highlighted the 75th anniversary of the society. A video shown also paid tribute to the roots of ASSH and what has been learned in the specialty since then.

Women with operatively treated distal radius fractures showed declined gait ability vs. controls, which investigators theorize may be related to why patients sustained their fractures.

According to published results, use of a peripheral nerve block prior to distal radius repair yielded better pain control and shortened length of stay compared with use of general anesthesia.

An international task force of 20 health care professionals developed protocols for using medical cannabis to treat neuropathic, inflammatory, nociplastic and mixed pain.