The biomechanical stability of salvage procedures for distal radioulnar joint arthritis.

Purpose: To test distal forearm stability after 3 surgical procedures for distal radioulnar joint (DRUJ) arthritis.

Methods: We tested 11 cadaver limbs with the DRUJ intact, after distal ulna-matched hemiresection, after Darrach distal ulna resection, and after unlinked total DRUJ arthroplasty. We evaluated distal forearm stability in neutral rotation, full pronation, and full supination in unweighted and 1-kg-weighted conditions.

Acute mycobacterial flexor tenosynovitis following accidental bacillus calmette-guérin inoculation in a health care worker: case report.

Solutions containing bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), a live attenuated form of Mycobacterium bovis or Mycobacterium tuberculosis, commonly are injected intravesically to treat tumors of the urinary bladder. We report a case of acute mycobacterial flexor tenosynovitis in a health care worker who inadvertently inoculated her finger via needlestick while preparing BCG solution for intravesicular administration. She was treated successfully with immediate operative intervention followed by 6 months of antimycobacterial antibiotics.

Outcomes of hook of hamate fracture excision in high-level amateur athletes.

Purpose: To determine the overall long-term postoperative clinical and functional results of high-level amateur athletes after hook of hamate excision, based on complications; return to sport; Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand (DASH) score; and a self-reported questionnaire.

Methods: We evaluated 11 patients representing 12 cases of hook of hamate excision. All patients were high-level amateur athletes (rising collegiate or collegiate level).