Hand/Wrist News

Investigators of a study recently published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery found a low adverse event rate after hand or upper extremity surgeries performed at a freestanding ambulatory surgery center, which they note demonstrates that these surgeries can be completed safety in an outpatient setting.

Read the latest issue of EFORT Open Review (EOR), the new open access journal from EFORT and the British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery. All articles are free to read online at www.efort.org/openreviews with no subscription required.

Read the March issue of EFORT Open Reviews (EOR), the new open access journal from EFORT and the British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery.

The board of directors for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons recently approved new guidelines on carpal tunnel syndrome that recommend the use of a complete patient history and specific physical examination maneuvers, as well as observation and specific diagnostic tests, to better diagnose the condition.

Established in 2008, the German Society for Orthopaedics and Trauma supports the objectives and tasks of its two constituents, the German Society for Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Surgery and the German Trauma Society.

ORLANDO, Fla. — In a cohort of postmenopausal women, vitamin D deficiency was not associated with and did not improve the risk assessment of distal radius fracture, according to a presenter here.

ORLANDO, Fla. —Physician empathy is the strongest driver of patient satisfaction in hand surgery, according to results of a study presented here.

In the January/February editorial of Orthopedics, Editor-in-Chief, Robert D. D’Ambrosia, MD, announced several changes being made to the print and online editions of the publication.

In support of the global effort launched by WHO and the Bone and Joint Decade to draw greater attention to trauma care, the EFORT Trauma Group has established a program of online surveys directed at European trauma experts.

Patients with distal radius fractures treated with volar locking plates showed better functional recovery and radiographic outcomes than patients treated with external fixation, according to data from a prospective, randomized comparative study.