Social Media Posts About Carpal Tunnel Release: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Patient and Surgeon Perspectives.

Background: Social media provides an increasingly popular, unfiltered source of perspectives on healthcare. The objective of this study is to characterize the landscape of social media posts regarding carpal tunnel release (CTR).

Methods: Content was queried from Instagram between February 2, 2019 to August 12, 2021 using the hashtags #carpaltunnelrelease and #carpaltunnelsurgery.

Social Media Posts About Distal Radius Fracture: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Patient and Provider Perspectives.

Background: Social media offers a popular, unfiltered source of patient and provider perspectives on health care. This study investigated the characteristics of social media posts referencing distal radius fracture (DRF).

Methods: Content was queried from Instagram from February 06, 2019, to December 08, 2021, using the hashtags "#distalradiusfracture" and "#wristfracture.

Characterizing Leadership Trends in Hand Surgery Fellowship Programs.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to characterize academic and demographic factors most associated with fellowship director (FD) roles in hand surgery programs. A secondary aim was to characterize educational and employment trends. The final aim was to compare these findings with those in other orthopedic subspecialties.

Evaluating Prospective Patient-Reported Pain and Function Outcomes After Ankle and Hindfoot Arthrodesis.

Background: Hindfoot and ankle fusions are mechanically limiting procedures for patients. However, patient-reported outcomes of these procedures have not been well studied. This study assessed outcomes of hindfoot and ankle fusions by using Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Physical Function (PF) and Pain Interference (PI) Computer Adaptive Tests (CATs).

Calcaneal Reconstruction With Femoral Head Allograft Vascularized by an Osteocutaneous Medial Femoral Condyle Flap: A Case Report.

Case: A 25-year-old man presented with a closed calcaneal fracture after a 6-storey fall, complicated by osteomyelitis from fixation attempts necessitating near-complete debridement of his calcaneal tuberosity. He underwent a successful single-stage calcaneal and soft-tissue reconstruction using a femoral head structural allograft vascularized with an osteocutaneous medial femoral condyle flap. At the 18-month follow-up, his limb is largely pain-free and functional, allowing ambulation and his combined allograft-vascularized bone reconstruction shows radiographic evidence of incorporation.

An unusual case of osteomyelitis.

is a gram-positive organism found in food products as well as naturally occurring in air and on surfaces. We present the first known case of osteomyelitis caused by machine injection injury. The patient was treated with emergent surgical debridement as well as doxycycline for a soft tissue infection.

Hip Arthroscopy for Femoroacetabular Impingement.

Background: The first recorded attempt at arthroscopic visualization of the hip can be attributed to Dr. Michael Burman in 1931. Since then, hip arthroscopy has become widely used for the management of femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) because of its clear benefits, including a low complication rate and limited patient morbidity as compared with traditional open approaches.

Determining glenoid component version after total shoulder arthroplasty.

Background: Glenoid component loosening after total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) may occur if retroversion is not corrected to <10°. However, accurately measuring postoperative glenoid component version has been difficult without postoperative computed tomography (CT), adding cost and radiation exposure outside of the standard radiographic follow-up. We present a new method to assess glenoid component version after TSA using only routine preoperative CT and postoperative radiographs (x-rays).

Assessing the Readability of Online Information About Hip Arthroscopy.

Purpose: To investigate the current readability of online information pertaining to hip arthroscopy.

Methods: The terms "hip arthroscopy" and "hip scope" were entered into the advanced search functions of Google, Yahoo!, and Bing on March 25, 2017, and results from the first 3 pages were analyzed. Results were required to be unique, accessible websites with information about hip arthroscopy conveyed primarily via analyzable text.