Hand/Wrist News

Patients with Madelung deformity who were treated with volar ligament release and distal radial dome osteotomy maintained their original radiographic correction at average 11-year follow-up, according to results of this study.

Injectable collagenase clostridium histolyticum has revolutionized treatment for Dupuytren’s contracture. In many cases, for the first time clinicians can treat these finger contractures without surgery using a drug that has few complications. But since its introduction in Europe in 2011, some orthopaedists have worried whether the new treatment would completely replace hand surgery as a treatment for Dupuytren’s contracture, according to investigators who treat patients with this disease.

Australian researchers reviewed 20 clinical trials for various rehabilitation treatments after carpal tunnel syndrome surgery and found limited evidence to suggest their efficacy vs. placebo and other interventions.

The Distal Radius Working Group of the International Society for Fracture Repair and the International Osteoporosis Foundation recently released guidelines for outcome measurement of distal radius fractures.

Researchers in this study found that post-traumatic ulna plus variance greater than 2 mm was the only factor significantly associated with poor outcome when analyzing a cohort of young patients with unilateral distal radius fractures who were not yet at risk for osteoporosis.

The cost of health care and lost production remain higher for men with traumatic arm and hand injuries during their first year after injury, despite improved work environments in recent decades, according to Swedish researchers.

Boys with distal forearm fractures had an increased risk for fragility fractures as older adults compared to girls, according to results of this study.

Boys with distal forearm fractures had an increased risk for fragility fractures as older adults compared to girls, according to results of this study.

Using suture-button suspensionplasty to treat patients with thumb carpometacarpal arthritis resulted in good fixation, function and a minimal risk of complications, according to results of this study.

MedShape Inc. received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Eclipse Soft Tissue Anchor, a shape memory fixation device designed to attach a tendon, ligament or soft tissue to bone.