The October 2014 Wrist &
Hand Roundup360 looks at: pulsed electromagnetic field of no use in acute scaphoid fractures; proximal interphalangeal joint replacement: one at a time or both at once; trapeziometacarpal arthrodesis in the young patient; Tamoxifen and Dupytren’s disease; and
The June 2015 Wrist &
Hand Roundup360 looks at: Collagenase and Dupuytren’s disease – a genuine alternative to surgery?; iPad PROMise?; Should we learn how to do
The August 2013 Wrist &
Hand Roundup. 360 . looks at: random group therapy is no good at treating OA of the hand; salvaging failed CMCJ arthroplasty; scaphocapitate arthrodesis for instability in manual workers; Brunelli tenodesis and scapholunate instability; night splints for Dupytren’s revisited; the smallest IM nail?; early diagnosis of CRPS?; and
The August 2012 Foot &
Ankle Roundup. 360. looks at: calcaneocuboid distraction arthrodesis with allograft for acquired flatfoot; direct repair of the plantar plate; thromboembolism after fixation of the fractured ankle; weight loss after ankle surgery; Haglund’s syndrome and three-portal
The June 2012 Foot &
Ankle Roundup. 360. looks at: the Achilles tendon Total Rupture Score (ATRS);
The August 2012 Wrist &
Hand Roundup. 360. looks at: the Herbert ulnar head prosthesis; the five-year outcome for wrist arthroscopic surgery; four-corner arthrodesis with headless screws; balloon kyphoplasty for Kienböck's disease; Mason Type 2 radial head fractures; local infiltration and intravenous regional anaesthesia for
The April 2015 Wrist &
Hand Roundup360 looks at: Non-operative hand fracture management; From the sublime to the ridiculous?; A novel approach to carpal tunnel decompression; Osteoporosis and functional scores in the distal radius; Ulnar variance and force distribution; Tourniquets in carpal tunnel under the spotlight; Scaphoid fractures reclassified; Osteoporosis and distal radial fracture fixation; PROMISing results in the upper limb
Arthroscopy has become a routine surgical procedure, used as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool for the treatment of joint problems. This article discusses its origins and looks at how it is currently used.
The April 2012 Foot &
Ankle Roundup360 looks at injecting the tendon sheath, total ankle replacement, heterotopic ossification, replacement or arthrodesis, achilles tendinopathy, healing of the torn Achilles, grafting of the calcaneal bone cyst, avulsion fractures in athletes, percutaneous distal osteotomy for bunionette formation, and repairing the torn tibiofibular syndesmosis
The June 2014 Wrist &
Hand Roundup360 looks at: aart throwing not quite as we thought; two-gear, four-bar linkage in the wrist?; assessing outcomes in distal radial fractures; gold standard Swanson’s?; multistrand repairs of unclear benefit in flexor tendon release; for goodness’ sake, leave the thumb alone in scaphoid fractures; horizons in carpal tunnel surgery; treading the Essex-Lopresti tightrope; wrist replacement in trauma? and radial shortening reliable in the long term for Kienbock’s disease