Isoelastic resurfacing prosthesis for distal radius fractures: Outcomes in 24 cases with at least 2 years' follow-up.

Background: Unicompartmental resurfacing prostheses have been reported to be useful for treating comminuted fractures involving the distal radial joint surface in elderly patients with osteoporosis. However, the data on this method remain scarce and further evaluations are needed. The objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical and radiological outcomes after unicompartmental resurfacing prosthesis implantation in patients with distal radius fractures and at least 2 years' follow-up.

Minimally invasive anterior plate osteosynthesis of the distal radius: A 710 case-series.

Introduction: Since the 2000s, internal fixation of distal radius fracture by volar locking plate on an extended flexor carpi radialis (FCR) approach has become the gold standard.

Objective: The present study aimed to assess medium-term results of minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis (MIPO) in distal radius fracture.

Material And Methods: The series comprised of 710 cases (512 female; mean age, 58 years).

Transverse and oblique fractures of the diaphysis of the fifth metacarpal: surgical outcomes for antegrade intramedullary pinning versus combined antegrade and retrograde intramedullary pinning.

The purpose of this study was to develop a technique allowing a faster return to previous activities after surgical treatment of short transverse and oblique fractures of the diaphysis of the fifth metacarpal. It consisted of an anterograde and retrograde centromedullary double pinning connected. Our series included 40 patients of average age 25 years including 2 women.

Volar Locking Plate Fixation of Distal Radius Fractures: Splint versus Immediate Mobilization.

 The goal of this study was to demonstrate that the use of a splint after performing an osteosynthesis of the distal radius with a volar locking plate is unnecessary. The main hypothesis was that postoperative flexion of the wrist was greater without a splint. Secondary hypothesis was that patients who were allowed immediate mobilization got better results in terms of pain, Quick Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH), Patient-Rated Wrist Evaluation (PRWE), strength, extension, pronation, and supination.

Results of the treatment of first carpometacarpal joint osteoarthritis: trapeziectomy alone versus trapeziectomy associated with suspensionplasty.

Backgrounds: The goal of this study was to compare trapeziectomy alone to trapeziectomy associated with a technique of suspensionplasty using the abductor pollicis longus with a minimum of 6 years of follow-up in the treatment of osteoarthritis of the first carpometacarpal joint.

Methods: Our series included 46 trapeziectomies in 35 patients, aged 69 years in average, among which 27 were women. In 27 cases group I, a trapeziectomy alone was performed, and in 19 cases group II, a trapeziectomy associated with an abductor pollicis longus suspensionplasty was performed.

Treatment of hand enchondroma with injectable calcium phosphate cement: a series of eight cases.

The gold standard treatment for enchondroma in the hand is curettage and filling of the defect. The goal of this study was to evaluate the results when injectable calcium phosphate cement is used to fill the bone defect. Eight patients having a mean age of 44 years were operated through a minimally invasive skin incision.

Percutaneous fixation of first metacarpal base fractures using locked K-wires: a series of 14 cases.

The treatment of choice for first metacarpal base fractures is surgical. Open fixation is stable but causes tendinous adhesions. Percutaneous fixation is minimally invasive but is often followed by secondary displacement.

[Carpal tunnel syndrome and other nerve entrapment syndromes].

The carpal tunnel syndrome is the most common entrapment syndrome of the upper limb. Compression of the median nerve is most often idiopathic and typically occurs in women aged 50. The diagnosis is clinical and must look for signs of gravity (hypoesthesia, thenar atrophy).

Distal radius fixation through a mini-invasive approach of 15 mm. PART 1: a series of 144 cases.

The volar Henry approach is becoming the gold standard for distal radius fracture fixation. It decreases the incidence of nonunion, limits complications especially complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) type I, and allows early mobilization of the wrist. Nonetheless, it has some disadvantages such as the size of the incision, which is not esthetically pleasing, and the loss of ligamentotaxis.

Telerobotic anterior translocation of the ulnar nerve.

The application of telerobotics in the biomedical field has grown rapidly and is showing very promising results. Robotically assisted microsurgery and nerve manipulation are some of its latest innovations. The purpose of this article is to update the community of shoulder and elbow surgeons on that field.

PIP reconstruction with vascularized PIP joint from the second toe: minimizing the morbidity with the "dorsal approach and short-pedicle technique".

Toe joint transplantation is a valuable procedure for reconstruction of the PIP joint of the finger. The authors describe recent refinements in the surgical procedure that have permitted them to reduce the morbidity on the donor site and simplify the whole procedure. A single dorsal approach is used at a digital level, allowing exposure of the recipient vessels (palmar collateral artery and superficial dorsal vein) and resection of the joint remnants.