Bariatric surgery is associated with lower incidence of carpal tunnel syndrome.

Background: Obesity is related with increased risk for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). The effect of bariatric surgery (BS) on the incidence of nerve entrapments is undetermined. We aimed to evaluate the incidence of CTS following BS in a large cohort study.

Techniques for Retrieval of Lacerated Flexor Tendons: A Scoping Review.

Flexor tendon laceration is often followed by retraction of the proximal stump. The goals of this review were to describe the myriad of proximal stump retrieval surgical techniques and where available to provide the clinical evidence associated with each. A Medline and Web of Science search was performed to identify any publication whose primary purpose was to describe a tendon retrieval technique.

Traditional Physiotherapy vs. Fascial Manipulation for the Treatment of Trigger Finger: A Randomized Pilot Study.

Background: Physiotherapy can help treat of trigger fingers (TF).

Objectives: To compare efficacy of fascial manipulation (FM) and traditional physiotherapy (TP) techniques in treatment of TF.

Methods: Nineteen patients were randomized in the FM group and 15 in the TP group.

Risk Factors Associated With de Quervain Tenosynovitis in Postpartum Women.

Background: De Quervain (DQ) disease is caused by stenosis of the first dorsal compartment containing the abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis. This condition affects women 6 times more than men and is also commonly reported in pregnant and lactating women. The natural course of the disease and associated risk factors are not well understood.

Neglected Scaphocapitate Syndrome.

 Scaphocapitate syndrome is a rare injury where the proximal pole of the capitate rotates 90 to 180 degrees. The proximal pole of the capitate, thought to receive its vascular supply retrograde, is rendered avascular in such cases. However, recent evidence of low rates of avascular necrosis in displaced capitate fractures, and new vascular studies of the capitate, challenge this paradigm.

Treatment of Peripheral Nerve Injuries in Syria's War Victims: Experience from a Northern Israeli Hospital.

Background: The collapse of the Syrian healthcare system during the civil war led numerous citizens to cross the Syrian-Israeli border to seek medical care.

Objectives: To describe the epidemiology of peripheral nerve injuries (PNIs) sustained in war, their management, and short-term outcomes.

Methods: A retrospective case series study was conducted on 45 consecutive patients aged 25.

Conservative treatment for pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis: a single institution experience.

Pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis (PFT) of the hand is a common infection which is clinically diagnosed using Kanavel's signs. Delay in diagnosis and treatment may lead to devastating outcomes, including reduced range of motion (ROM), deformities, tendon impairment or even amputation. While the gold standard for treatment is irrigation and debridement of the flexor sheath, little is known about the outcomes of conservative treatment with intravenous (IV) antibiotics.

[Posterolateral rotatory instability of the elbow].

The term posterolateral rotatory instability (PLRI) was coined in 1991 by O'Driscoll to describe the instability of the elbow caused by injury to the lateral ulnar collateral ligament (LUCL). This condition, which is usually preceded by a traumatic dislocation of the elbow, is the most common type of chronic instability of the elbow. In this type of instability, the radius and ulna rotate externally in relation to the distal humerus, leading to posterior displacement of the radial head relative to the capitellum.

Prevalence of triangular fibrocartilage complex abnormalities on MRI scans of asymptomatic wrists.

Purpose: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the wrist is increasingly used in the diagnosis of ulnar-sided wrist pain; however, its efficacy in this setting still needs clarification. The purposes of this study were to investigate the prevalence of abnormal MRI findings in the triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC) in asymptomatic volunteers and to provide the clinician with comparative data when interpreting MRI results.

Methods: A total of 103 asymptomatic volunteers underwent imaging of the wrist using a 1.

Mycobacterium chelonae infection following silicone arthroplasty of the metacarpophalangeal joints: a case report.

We present a case of infection caused by an uncommon pathogen, Mycobacterium chelonae, in a patient that underwent Swanson silicone arthroplasty of the metacarpophalangeal joints for rheumatoid arthritis. This is the first report of an infection caused by nontuberculous Mycobacteria in flexible silicone implants in the hand. The patient was successfully treated with implant removal, debridement, and antimicrobials tailored to the results of in vitro susceptibility testing.