Hand/Wrist News

For the treatment of traumatic defects of the metacarpophalangeal joints, the use of a pedicled osteoarticular flap harvested from the base of the third metacarpal is a reliable technique, according to this study.

CHICAGO — Although researchers from Japan found that overall 52.3% of patients who underwent release for carpal tunnel syndrome recovered thumb opposition, this recovery was unpredictable in patients older than 50 years.

CHICAGO – A number of risk factors predict poor outcomes for soldiers who sustained open elbow fractures, including severe soft tissue injuries, nerve injuries, heterotopic ossification, infection and traumatic brain injury, according to a study presented at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand 2012 Meeting.

CHICAGO – Higher Soong grades, plate prominence and plate positioning are risk factors of flexor tendon ruptures after volar plating of distal radius fractures, according to a study presented at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand 2012 Meeting.

CHICAGO —  The results of a recently presented study note an increase in malpractice litigation rates for distal radius fracture management. It indentifies malunion, physician gender and poor doctor/patient relationships among the risk factors for these lawsuits.

Medartis announced in a press release the launch of its Aptus Wrist Arthrodesis System.

CHICAGO — Researchers achieved good results for scaphoid waist nonunions with collapse using open reduction and internal fixation and pure cancellous interposition graft, according to a study presented at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand 2012 Annual Meeting.

CHICAGO – Patients on statins have a two-fold risk of developing spontaneous distal biceps tendon ruptures, according to a presenter at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand 2012 Meeting here.

CHICAGO — Bivalved casts are as safe and effective as circumferential casts for displaced forearm fractures in children, according to a study presented at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand 2012 Annual Meeting.

Low bone mineral density and a vitamin D deficiency in African-American children put them more at risk of forearm fracture than other children, according to this study.