Venous system mapping of the digits and the hand: An anatomical study and potential surgical applications.

Background: Venous anatomy of the digits and the hand is poorly reported in the literature compared to arterial anatomy. While knowledge of the venous anatomy is crucial to ensure safe skin incisions, skin flap design, or blood return restoration for digital replantations, data in anatomical and clinical textbooks are rather limited. The purpose of this anatomical study was to describe the venous anatomy of the digits and the hand.

Palliative surgery: When? Which technique? Basic principles.

Palliative surgery aims to restore or compensate for the loss of a function for which nerve repairs are no longer or not feasible. It includes tendon transfer, tenodesis, arthrodesis and osteotomy techniques. Palliative surgery is based on several well-established principles that are essential to know.

Stenosing tenosynovitis of the extensor digitorum tendons of the hand: clinical and sonographic features.

Objective: To describe the ultrasound (US) features of 18 patients with extensor digitorum communis stenosing tenosynovitis (EDCST).

Materials And Methods: A retrospective search in the radiologic information systems of two separate Institutions was performed to identify all patients presenting EDCST between January 2010 and September 2019. A total of 18 patients (ten males and eight females; mean age, 57.

Distal interphalangeal joint arthrodesis with the intramedullary Lync implant: Prospective study of 22 cases.

Several techniques have been described for fusion of the distal interphalangeal joint. The intramedullary Lync implant (Novastep™) may be superior to other options as it is available in straight or bent configurations, does not need to be removed and does not require fingertip incisions. The objective of our prospective study was to determine the effectiveness of finger distal interphalangeal (DIP) arthrodesis with Lync implants.