Outcome of percutaneous screw fixation of scaphoid fractures.

The optimal treatment of minimally displaced or nondisplaced fractures of the scaphoid is unclear. Traditionally, management of these fractures has been unpredictable with a significant risk of nonunion when treated conservatively. This study examined the results from 32 patients who underwent percutaneous screw fixation using a 3.

Extensor tendon triggering by impingement on the extensor retinaculum: a report of 5 cases.

We describe 4 patients who were treated for symptomatic triggering of the index and small fingers with pain on the dorsum of the hand and were found to have impingement of an extensor tendon on the extensor retinaculum at the wrist. All cases were treated by release of the extensor retinaculum and excision of pathologic structures.

Effects of anticoagulation on wound healing using a tensile test.

Wound healing is a complicated and dynamic process. The aim of this study was to determine whether systemic administration of common anticoagulants retards or delays wound healing in an animal model.

Combined technique for draining septic arthritis of the pediatric hip.

Recent literature suggests that, in older children, acute cases of septic arthritis may be treated with aspiration and intravenous antibiotics. However, when surgical decompression is required, the technique described in this report has several advantages. It can be performed with an incision of approximately 1 to 2 inches and a posterior stab wound of <1 cm; it preserves anatomic planes and poses less risk to the circumflex femoral vessels (as with the anterior approach); and it allows fluid to drain when the patient is supine (as with the posterior approach).