Hand/Wrist News

LAS VEGAS — Patients who sustained a distal radius fracture reported significant work productivity loss for up to 1 year following injury, according to a presenter at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting.

LAS VEGAS — Reduction of a distal radius fracture before plating-based fixation may be clinically unnecessary, according to a speaker at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, here.

LAS VEGAS — Results presented here revealed that revision metacarpophalangeal arthroplasty carries around an 80% survivorship at 5 years and patients with a history of a dislocation and post-traumatic arthritis with primary arthroplasty had slightly higher rates of revision failure.

LAS VEGAS — A retrospective chart review of 1,067 elective hand surgery procedures indicates a low rate of surgical site infections, with most being superficial wound infections, and underscores a trend that the use of prophylactic antibiotics did not lead to decreased risk of surgical site infection.

PHILADELPHIA — Injury to the hand may cause loss of web space function, but by defending the web space, surgeons can help prevent this loss, according to a presenter at the Annual Hand Surgery Symposium, here.

PHILADELPHIA — Infections, such as osteomyelitis, are important to take into consideration in the management of open finger fractures, according to a presenter at the Annual Hand Surgery Symposium.

Orthopedics Today has highlighted six important videos from February to keep your practice up-to-date on a multitude of topics in orthopedic medicine.

Patients who underwent ulnar shortening with the Trimed dynamic compression plate experienced consistent objective improvements in radiographic ulnar variance, according to study results.

Researchers found performing ulnar-shortening osteotomy with a single oblique cut and stacked saw blades was a cost-effective and clinically useful method for treating ulnar impaction syndrome, with the potential for use with other bones needing shortening-osteotomies.

Compared with Western ethnic groups, the incidence and prevalence of Dupuytren’s disease and the male/female ratio were significantly lower in ethnic Chinese groups, with ethnic Chinese women experiencing significantly lower age at onset, according to study results.