Three-Dimensional Printed Targeting Device for Scaphoid Fracture Fixation.

Percutaneous guide wire insertion for scaphoid screw fixation can be challenging and often requires multiple attempts with significant radiation exposure to the surgical team. A 3-dimensional (3D) printed targeting device has the potential to reduce procedure time and intraoperative radiation exposure. Our targeting device protocol included a preprocedure computed tomography (CT) scan of a casted cadaver wrist, followed by 3D printing of a customized targeting guide.

Acute Tubular Necrosis from Rhabdomyolysis from Leg Compartment Syndrome: A Case Report.

Case: A 31-year-old male sustained acute compartment syndrome to his left leg after a low-energy fall and required a 4-compartment fasciotomy release. His immediate postoperative course was complicated by acute tubular necrosis (ATN) with creatinine elevated to 4.89 mg/dL from rhabdomyolysis.

Use of minimally invasive spine surgical instruments for the treatment of bone tumors.

Orthopedic oncologists often encounter patients with minor bony lesions that are difficult to access surgically and therefore require large exposures out of proportion to the severity of disease that confer significant patient morbidity. Minimally invasive surgical techniques offer the advantage of smaller incisions, shorter operative times, decreased tissue damage, and decreased costs. A variety of surgical procedures have emerged using minimally invasive technologies, particularly in the field of spine surgery.

Ciprofloxacin-Induced Extensor Tendon Rupture in the Hand: A Case Report.

Case: An eighty-one-year-old man had begun taking ciprofloxacin one week prior to the sudden inability to extend the metacarpophalangeal joint of the ring finger of the dominant right hand. He presented to us three months after he initially noticed this finding.

Conclusion: Ciprofloxacin-induced tendon rupture appears to be possible in the extensor digitorum communis tendons of the hand.