Correlation of the Lateral Wrist Radiograph to Ulnar Variance: A Cadaveric Study.

Purpose: Both positive and negative ulnar variance have been implicated in a variety of wrist disorders. Surgery aims to correct the variance in these pathologic conditions. This necessitates accurate and reproducible measuring tools; however, the most accurate radiographic measurement technique remains unclear.

A Cadaver Investigation of Screw Purchase With 2 Retrograde Techniques for Capitolunate Arthrodesis.

Purpose: To examine the hypothesis that the amount of bone purchase within the lunate is greater when using a technique for intermetacarpal retrograde screw placement across the capitolunate joint than when using a dorsal capitate technique.

Methods: Seven fresh cadaver limbs were dissected. We exposed the carpus and scaphoidectomy and performed selective capitolunate decortication.

Trapeziectomy Arthroplasty With Suture Suspension: Short- to Medium-Term Outcomes From a Single-Surgeon Experience.

Purpose: To describe the technique and a single-surgeon experience with a suture suspension and first dorsal compartment release treatment for thumb trapeziometacarpal (TMC) osteoarthritis.

Methods: We performed 19 procedures on 18 patients using this technique and compared results with preoperative assessment. At an average of 20 months (range, 8-45 months) after surgery, standard measures after TMC joint arthroplasty were performed.

Ultrasound localization of a tunneled leech beneath a microvascular scalp reconstruction: A case report.

Medicinal leech therapy is a common adjuvant modality used to treat venous congestion following threatened microvascular anastomosis. Migration and tunneling of a leech beneath a surgical reconstruction is a rare event that is seldom mentioned in the literature and worthy of further discussion. We present a rectus abdominus myocutaneous free tissue transfer that was used to cover a large alloplastic cranioplasty following resection of a previously radiated skull base malignant meningioma.

Phototoxicity in an ultraviolet ink manufacturing plant.

Ultraviolet (UV) dyes are used as inks in garment printing. Hypersensitivity reactions to these compounds have been reported in the literature. The authors report a case of reaction to UV ink in a patient already on corticosteroid therapy.