Nonunion of the scaphoid treated by anterior vascularized bone graft: a review of 26 cases.

Objective: To evaluate the clinical and radiological outcome of anterior vascularized bone graft in the treatment of primitive nonunion of the scaphoid.

Methods: This is a retrospective study of 26 scaphoid nonunion cases treated by this technique between 2004 and 2009. The mean age was 38 years.

Upper limb compartment syndrome after an adder bite: a case report.

Compartment syndrome after an adder bite is extremely rare, whose effects are only secondary to the cytotoxic and hemorrhagic effects of venom. Here we reported a case of compartment syndrome in the upper limb following an adder bite in the thenar eminence. Elevated compartment pressure was documented and immediate surgical fasciotomy was practiced.

[About a short series of Swanson arthroplasty].

The authors report a series of 12 patients who underwent digital arthroplasty using a swanson implant. Six patients had the sequellae of an injured hand, and the other six patients had rheumatoid arthritis. The majority of patients were men with an average age of 33 years.

[Medical/legal aspects of hand injuries in topiary work].

The hand is frequently exposed to professional risks. It is often the target of accident during non protected work on a topia and many complex and grave lesions can be caused. The authors report a serie of 280 cases of topary hand treated in private and hospital sectors.

[Value of imaging in the diagnosis of peripheral neurofibrosarcomas: a case report].

Neurofibrosarcoma is a rare malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour. It's the consequence of degeneration of neurofibroma in patients with neurofibromatosis. In the absence of clinical symptoms of malignancy, imaging is of prime importance.

[Central agenesis of the hand].

Central aplasia represent under 10% of congenital malformations of the hand. It is characterised by the partial or complete absence of the median ray. We adopted the classification of Swanson and considered this anomaly a stop of median longitudinal development.