Hand Surgeon Posture: An Evaluation and Factors That Affect It.

Objective: Approximately 68% of orthopaedic surgeons report occupational related musculoskeletal pain, with back pain being the most common. Poor posture while operating has been proven to contribute to these high rates of musculoskeletal pain. There is little research regarding intraoperative surgeon posture within the field of hand and upper extremity surgery.

Recognizing and treating trigger finger.

This inflammatory condition can leave your patient in pain and with impaired function. Here's what you need to know about the diagnosis and Tx options to provide relief.

Tophaceous gout of the atlantoaxial joint: a case report.

Background: To report the occurrence of tophaceous gout in the cervical spine and to review the literature on spinal gout.

Case Presentation: This report details the occurrence of a large and clinically significant finding of tophaceous gout in the atlantoaxial joint of the cervical spine in an 82-year-old Caucasian man with a 40-year history of crystal-proven gout and a 3-month history of new-onset progressive myelopathy. The patient's American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism (ACR/EULAR) criteria score was 15.