Office-Based Carpal Tunnel Release With Ultrasound Guidance: 6-month Outcomes From the Multicenter ROBUST Trial.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the safety and effectiveness of office-based carpal tunnel release with ultrasound guidance (CTR-US).

Methods: In this prospective multicenter observational study, patients were treated with CTR-US in an office setting. Outcomes were time to resume normal daily activities, time to return to work, Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire Symptom Severity Scale and Functional Status Scale scores, Michigan Hand Questionnaire, Numeric Pain Scale, EuroQoL-5 Dimension 5-Level score, procedure satisfaction, and adverse events over 6 months.

Early Return to Work after Carpal Tunnel Release with Ultrasound Guidance.

Background: The duration of postoperative leave varies by the carpal tunnel release (CTR) technique. This study aimed to determine the time to return to work (RTW) after CTR with ultrasound (CTR-US) guidance and identify factors contributing to this duration.

Methods: This was a multicenter postmarket registry of patients treated with CTR-US.

Long-Term Clinical Results of Carpal Tunnel Release Using Ultrasound Guidance: A Multicenter Pragmatic Study.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to report the 1-year clinical outcomes of carpal tunnel release using ultrasound guidance (CTR-US) performed in a large, real-world population of patients enrolled in a multicenter registry.

Methods: All patients who participated in a postmarket registry study of CTR-US outcomes and provided both preoperative and 1-year postoperative data were included. Main outcomes were the Quick Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand Questionnaire (QDASH), Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire Symptom Severity Scale (BCTQ-SSS), and Boston Carpal Tunnel Functional Status Scale (BCTQ-FSS) scores at 1 year.

Technique for Insertion of the Conventus Cage for Distal Radial Fracture Fixation.

Introduction: Use of the intramedullary Conventus DRS Cage and fragment-specific screw fixation of distal radial fractures minimizes soft-tissue trauma, leading to earlier and improved wrist and finger motion while reducing traditional complications seen with internal fixation of distal radial fractures.

Step 1 Reduce The Fracture: Reduce the fracture with closed or, if necessary, open methods to achieve anatomic restoration of articular congruity, radial inclination, radial length, volar tilt, and coronal shift.

Step 2 Provisionally Stabilize The Fracture: Provisionally stabilize the reduced fracture for insertion of the cage and fragment-specific screws with either longitudinal finger-trap traction or longitudinal Kirschner wires.

Secondary Alveolar Bone Grafting (CLEFTSiS) 2007-2010.

Objective To determine whether alveolar bone graft outcomes for unilateral and bilateral cleft lip and palate patients have continued to improve since the reorganization of cleft services in Scotland in 2000. Design Retrospective analysis of postoperative anterior occlusal radiographs. Patients and Participants Eighty-one of 106 patients who were eligible for alveolar bone grafting between 2007 and 2010 had suitable postoperative radiographs available.

Secondary Alveolar Bone Grafting (CLEFTSiS) 2007-2010.

Objective :  To determine whether alveolar bone graft outcomes for unilateral and bilateral cleft lip and palate patients have continued to improve since the reorganization of cleft services in Scotland in 2000. Design :  Retrospective analysis of postoperative anterior occlusal radiographs. Patients and Participants :  Eighty-one of 106 patients who were eligible for alveolar bone grafting between 2007 and 2010 had suitable postoperative radiographs available.

The importance of early intervention in the treatment of dental infection.

Unlabelled: With recent reports of increasing hospital admissions relating to dental infection, the authors believe it is time to re-visit the importance of its effective early treatment. A series of three cases is used to illustrate the potentially life-threatening progression of what, in the early stages, is an easily treatable condition.

Clinical Relevance: The principles of effective management of dental infection are highlighted in the first instance and then indications for specialist maxillofacial referral are discussed.

Hemiarthroplasty of the distal humerus for acute and chronic complex intra-articular injuries.

Background: Comminuted intra-articular distal humeral fractures represent a challenging upper extremity injury. This study reviews clinical and radiographic results in patients with distal humeral hemiarthroplasty (DHH).

Methods: DHH with the Latitude prosthesis (Tornier, Saint-Ismier, France) was performed in 8 patients (mean age, 64 years; age range, 33-75 years) for unreconstructible fractures of the distal humerus or salvage of failed internal fixation.

Cleft lip/palate: incidence of prenatal diagnosis in Glasgow, Scotland, and comparison with other centers in the United Kingdom.

Objectives: To determine the proportion of children with cleft lip and/or cleft palate diagnosed prenatally between 1999 and 2008 in those referred for treatment to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow, Scotland (RHSC); and to compare the percentage prenatally diagnosed in 2008 versus other cleft treatment centers in the U.K.

Method: A retrospective study was performed using medical records of the 459 cleft patients born and referred to RHSC between 1999 and 2008.

Blood lactate clearance during active recovery after an intense running bout depends on the intensity of the active recovery.

High-intensity exercise training contributes to the production and accumulation of blood lactate, which is cleared by active recovery. However, there is no commonly agreed intensity or mode for clearing accumulated blood lactate. We studied clearance of accumulated blood lactate during recovery at various exercise intensities at or below the lactate threshold after high-intensity interval runs that prompted lactate accumulation.