Comparison of results of arthroscopic arthrolysis between traumatic and degenerative elbow stiffness.

Introduction: Elbow stiffness significantly affects the patient's quality of life. This joint must have at least 30°/130° extension/flexion and 50°/50° pronation/supination to function normally according to Morrey.

Hypothesis: The objective of this study was to evaluate functional outcome of arthroscopic arthrolysis by comparing stiffness of post-traumatic and degenerative origin.

Acute pain after digital crushing and nicotine intoxication. Cigarettes are always a false friend. A prospective study.

Background: Nicotine addiction is a public health problem. Our hypothesis was that the degree of nicotine dependence is positively correlated with the perceived intensity of acute pain.

Materials And Methods: A single-center prospective comparative observational study was conducted from 2019 to 2021.

Arthroscopic release of the pectoralis minor tendon as an adjunct to acromioplasty in the treatment of subacromial syndrome associated with scapular dyskinesia.

Introduction: One of the causes of scapular dyskinesia is the retraction of the pectoralis minor muscle. It can be the cause of shoulder pain associated with increased anterior tilt and internal rotation of the shoulder.

Hypothesis: Arthroscopic release of the pectoralis minor tendon is effective for shoulder pain, linked to a correction of dyskinesia, resulting in the early disappearance of scapulalgia.

Septic arthritis of the fingers: is short-term oral antibiotic therapy appropriate?

The management of septic arthritis of the hand is poorly described and there is no consensus. It is based on how septic arthritis of the large joints is managed, despite certain specificities related to the hand, typically involving inpatient management and intravenous antibiotic therapy. The primary objective of this work was to evaluate our postoperative protocol for the management of septic arthritis of the hand with short-term antibiotic therapy.

Arpe total joint arthroplasty for trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis: 80 thumbs in 63 patients with a minimum of 10 years follow-up.

In this retrospective study, we report a series of 80 Arpe prostheses for trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis in 63 patients. Twenty-seven prostheses (20 patients) were lost to follow-up. Twenty-one were revised, eight of them during the first year after operation.

"Onycholemmal carcinoma." An unusual case with apocrine and sebaceous differentiation. Are these tumors a microcystic nail bed carcinoma?

Subungual malignant epithelial tumors with tricholemmal keratinization have rarely been described as "malignant proliferating onycholemmal cyst" and "onycholemmal carcinoma (OC)." We report an additional case of a slow growing OC occurring on the middle finger of a 58-year-old man, which was unusual as it showed sebaceous-apocrine differentiation, in addition to a nail bed carcinoma with tricholemmal microcysts. We therefore consider the descriptive term of microcystic nail bed carcinoma more appropriate than OC.

Factors affecting return to work after carpal tunnel syndrome surgery in a large French cohort.

Objective: To evaluate occupational outcomes after surgical release of the median nerve in carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).

Design: Retrospective study 12 to 24 months after surgery.

Setting: Hand centers (N=3) in 2 different areas.

Attributable risk of carpal tunnel syndrome according to industry and occupation in a general population.

Objective: An epidemiologic surveillance network for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) was set up in the general population of a French region to assess the proportion of CTS cases attributable to work in high-risk industries and occupations.

Methods: Cases of CTS occurring among patients ages 20-59 years living in the Maine and Loire region were included prospectively from 2002 to 2004. Medical and occupation history was gathered by mailed questionnaire for 815 women and 320 men.

Work increases the incidence of carpal tunnel syndrome in the general population.

The purpose of this study was to estimate the incidence of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in a general population according to employment status and to assess the proportion of cases attributable to work. CTS occurring in patients aged 20-59 years living in the French Maine and Loire region were included prospectively from 2002 to 2004. Medical and occupation history was gathered by mailed questionnaire.