Ulna-shortening osteotomy: subjective appreciation and long-term functional outcome.

Ulna-shortening osteotomy is a therapeutic option for ulnar impaction syndrome. We aimed to assess the long-term subjective and functional outcome after ulna-shorteming osteotomy. We conducted a retrospective study of 18 patients presenting with ulnar impaction syndrome of various aetiologies, with an average follow-up of 5.

A severe complication of muscle transfer: clostridial myonecrosis.

We present a case of gas gangrene as a severe complication of muscle transfer for opponensplasty. After debridement, the extensive palmar wound was covered by a free gracilis muscle transfer. This complication of muscle transfer has to our knowledge never been reported previously.