Hand/Wrist News

Periprosthetic fractures following total shoulder arthroplasty can be extremely challenging and each one can be somewhat unique, according to Evan L. Flatow, MD, Lasker professor and chair of orthopedics at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. “Fortunately, many of these fractures will heal without surgery.”

BOSTON — Aspiration — just ulnar to Lister’s tubercle — may help protect the extensor pollicis longus from rupturing after distal radius fracture, according to a study presented here.

The results of a randomized controlled trial show that the use of a splint was as effective as a cast for recovering physical function in children with wrist fractures.

BOSTON — Infection and nonunion are uncommon in the treatment of open distal radius fractures regardless of fixation type or time to debridement, according to a study presented here.

Overlapping of the dermatomal zones in brachial plexus injuries is more widespread than previously reported, according to the results of a prospective study.

BOSTON – Iatrogenic extensor tendon-related complications can be eliminated through the use of screws that do not violate the dorsal cortex during volar plate fixation of distal radius fractures, according to a study presented here.

BALTIMORE — A retrospective review of 5-year results following nonoperative treatment for isolated scapular body fractures has found that surgery for these injuries may be unwarranted.

Illness behavior — specifically depression and misinterpreting the ability to feel pain — predicted pain intensity in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome, according to investigators from Boston.

BOSTON — Tears of the triangular fibrocartilage complex superficial fibers that leave the deep fibers intact can be repaired with an outside-in repair of the articular disc back to the ulnar capsule, according to a study presented here.

BOSTON — Twenty-one years after fracturing both bones of the forearm, skeletally mature and immature patients both display limited impairment and disability after nonoperative and operative treatment respectively, according to a study presented here.