A Survey of Burnout Among Members of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand.

Purpose: Physician burnout affects approximately half of US physicians, significantly higher than the general working population. The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence of burnout specifically among hand surgeons and to identify factors unique to the practice of hand surgery that may contribute to burnout.

Methods: A Web-based survey, developed in conjunction with the American Medical Association, was administered to all active and lifetime members of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand using the Mini Z Burnout assessment tool.

Complications of trapeziometacarpal arthrodesis using plate and screw fixation.

Purpose: This study was designed to determine the complications associated with plate and screw fixation of thumb trapeziometacarpal arthrodesis and to compare these results with a previous report from our institution using K-wire fixation.

Method: We retrospectively reviewed 26 trapeziometacarpal arthrodeses that used plate and screw fixation. The most common diagnosis was primary osteoarthritis and the average follow-up evaluation was 40 months.