At the 74th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) held early September in Las Vegas, Dr. Jafarnia and colleagues shared the latest patient outcomes... read more →
About 10 million Americans have a condition that can cause their fingers to bend and curl into their palms. Dupuytren (DOOP-uh-tren) disease—named after a 19th-century physician—is a chronic, oftentimes debilitating... read more →
Acute carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) may occur concomitantly with distal radius fracture (DRF) and is often managed with carpal tunnel release (CTR). Carpal tunnel syndrome may also develop postoperatively after... read more →
Forearms are integral to hand and arm movement, so pain in this region can be highly disruptive to daily life. Forearm pain can result from a number of different causes,... read more →
Use of either the modified Jobe or docking techniques yielded similar outcomes at mid-term follow-up in patients who underwent elbow ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction, according to results of a recent... read more →
According to a recently published JAMA Surgery article, a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of emergency department data revealed that the annual number of patients ≥65 years old presenting to US emergency... read more →
A recent review of some of the most diagnosed hand and wrist injuries and conditions patients experience includes information on osteoarthritis, carpal tunnel syndrome, Ganglion Cysts, fractures and much more.... read more →
When assessing injuries in overhead-throwing athletes, orthopedists need to consider multiple factors, including core stability, as well as player status and competition level, according to results presented at the Advances... read more →
Fractures of the proximal ulna range in severity from simple olecranon fractures to complex, Monteggia fractures or Monteggia-like lesions involving damage to stabilizing key structures of the elbow (i.e. coronoid... read more →
Similar to the types of injuries observed with overuse of the computer, orthopedic surgeons and physical therapists have begun to see an increase in musculoskeletal overuse injuries associated with chronic... read more →