Digital Replantations: Comparison Veins Anastomoses first versus Arteries Anastomoses first.

Purpose: This retrospective study analyses the effect performing veins anastomoses before arteries anastomoses in digital replantation.

Patients And Methods: 38 adult patients with replantation of 12 thumbs and 39 fingers, in whom the veins anastomoses were performed prior to the arteries anastomoses, were compared with 29 patients with replantation of 9 thumbs and 30 fingers, in whom the arteries anastomoses were done first, with respect to the survival rate, total active motion, grip strength, and duration of the replantation.

Results: There was no significant difference between the two groups with respect to the survival rates, total active motion, and grip strength, while the duration of the replantation was significantly shorter in patients, in whom the veins anastomoses were performed prior to the arteries anastomoses (2 hours and 50 minutes versus 3 hours and 42 minutes; p < 0.

Upper limb traumatic injuries: A concise overview of reconstructive options.

Different options for upper limb reconstruction are described in literature: advancement or rotation flaps, regional flaps and free flaps are the most common. Local and regional flaps can represent the reconstructive options for small defects while large wounds require the use of free flaps or distant pedicled flaps. In case of large wound, the use of free flaps rather than distant pedicle flaps is usually preferred.

Retrospective Review of Long-term Outcomes of Patients Undergoing CMC Arthroplasty With Interposition Scaffold.

The treatment of rhizarthritis involves several surgical techniques; among them, bioabsorbable scaffolds have begun to be proposed to avoid the use of other biological tissues or artificial permanent devices. In this study, we evaluated the long-term outcomes of poly-ld-lactic acid scaffold in interposition arthroplasty in a series of patients treated in our department. Strength, range of motion, and pain improved after the intervention and lasted over the years; nonetheless, most of the radiographs showed a progressive collapse of the first metacarpal.

Median Nerve Injury Caused by Screw Malpositioning in Percutaneous Scaphoid Fracture Fixation.

An unusual complication of percutaneous fixation of a schapoid fracture in a 36-year-old man is described. After this surgery, the patient complained of numbness and tingling within the median nerve distribution and thenar weakness. An Electromyography showing moderate CTS had led to carpal tunnel decompression, which resulted unsuccessful.

External bone remodeling after injectable calcium-phosphate cement in benign bone tumor: two cases in the hand.

Bone remodeling commonly occurred after fracture and curettage benign bone tumor. A lot of previous articles reported "internal" trabecular bone remodeling. There were no previous clinical reports about "external" cortical bone remodeling.

Surgical correction of crossover deformity of the second toe: a technique for tenodesis.

Twenty-seven patients with 30 crossover toe (COT) deformities of the second toe were evaluated. This deformity in the transverse and sagittal planes at the second metatarsophalangeal joint may be caused by hindfoot pronation. Compression of the lateral plantar nerve may produce incompetence of the second dorsal interosseous muscle and an increased extension-adduction pull by the lumbrical and first dorsal interosseous muscles.

Osteoid osteoma of the hand and wrist.

Eighteen cases of osteoid osteoma of the hand and wrist were treated between 1985 and 1999. The diagnosis was confirmed pre-operatively with X-rays, bone scintigraphy, CT, and MRI, and all the diagnoses were later confirmed by histological examination. The authors highlight the difficulties in the diagnosis of the osteoid osteoma of the hand and wrist.

Osteoid osteoma of the phalanx: enlargement of the toe--two case reports.

After a review of the literature, two cases of osteoid osteoma involving phalanges of the toes are reported. Physical findings of osteoid osteoma vary with the site of the tumor; in the foot, particularly the toes, it presents various atypical and characteristic features. Its more frequent cancellous and subperiosteal localization in the small bones of hand and foot, showing atypical roentgenographic findings, poses particular problems in diagnosis.