Simple Trapeziectomy for Arthrosis of the Basal Joint of the Thumb: 49 Thumbs Reviewed After Two Years.

Background: Many different surgical strategies for arthrosis of the carpometacarpal joint of the thumb are described in the literature. In 2010 we changed our routine procedure from an interposition arthroplasty using the abductor pollicis longus (APL) tendon to simple trapeziectomy without suspension or interposition. The purpose of this study was to review the clinical outcome after trapeziectomy and to compare it to those we had achieved with the APL procedure.

The clinical outcome after extra-articular colles fractures with simultaneous moderate scapholunate dissociation.

Background An increased scapholunate gap is sometimes seen in patients with a distal radial fracture. The question remains as to whether this represents a scapholunate ligament injury that requires treatment. Questions/purposes We wished to examine the natural history of an increased scapholunate gap in patients following an extra-articular distal radial fracture.

[The significance of displacement in dorsally angled distal radial fractures].

Background: Distal radial fractures occur very frequently. Most are dorsally displaced (Colles' fracture). In contrast to previously, approximately a quarter of these patients now undergo surgery.

Percutaneous pinning of fractures of the distal radius.

Reduction of fractures of the distal radius is often supplemented with percutaneous pinning, but there is little evidence that this affects the clinical outcome. A total of 43 patients with pinned, and 296 with conservatively-treated, fractures were reviewed a mean of 6 (range 3-13) years after injury. We found controls among the conservatively-treated patients who matched 30 of the patients with pinned fractures with respect to age, sex, trauma energy, and radiographic measurements at injury.

Accurate radiographic measurement of the distal radial tilt.

Both wrists in 189 patients who had been treated for dorsally displaced distal radius fracture were X-rayed with both right angle and 15° tilted lateral views. Two investigators measured the radial tilt. The mean difference in the angles recorded by the two investigators was 2.

Obstetric brachial plexus palsy: a birth injury not explained by the known risk factors.

Objective: To determine the incidence and prognosis of obstetric brachial plexus injuries and analyze associated risk factors.

Design: Analysis of prospectively collected information comprising all births from 1991 to 2000, with complete follow-up of affected children. Setting.