Waterless Hand Rub Versus Traditional Hand Scrub Methods for Preventing the Surgical Site Infection in Orthopedic Surgery.

Unlabelled: MINI: Fourteen hundred consecutive patients were investigated for evaluating the utility of waterless hand rub before orthopaedic surgery. The risk in the surgical site infection incidence was the same, but costs of liquids used for hand hygiene were cheaper and the hand hygiene time was shorter for waterless protocol, compared with traditional hand scrub.

Study Design: A retrospective cohort study with prospectively collected data.

A new variable angled locking volar plate system for Colles' fracture: outcome study and time-course improvement of objective clinical variables.

Our purposes were to report the radiographic outcomes and complications of patients with Colles' fracture treated with the Nakashima locking volar plate system (variable angled distal screw locking mechanism) prospectively and to report the results of objective clinical variables such as grip strength and range of motion of the wrist prospectively at up to one year. This study consisted of eight men and 32 women for analysis of radiographic parameters (volar tilt, radial inclination and radial length) and complications. Radiographic parameters were measured pre-operatively, immediately post-operatively and at final follow-up visit.

Temporary scaphotrapezoidal joint fixation for adolescent Kienböck's disease.

Purpose: There are few therapeutic guidelines for adolescent Kienböck's disease. The purpose of our study was to investigate the clinical and radiographic outcomes of temporary scaphotrapezoidal (ST) joint fixation for adolescent Kienböck's disease.

Methods: This was a retrospective review of 6 adolescent patients with Kienböck's disease treated by temporary ST joint fixation.

Is ulnar variance suitable for a parameter of Colles' fracture pre-operatively?

Background: To evaluate ulnar variance (UV) as a parameter for Colles' fracture as a measure of the true length of the distal radius pre-operatively, we measured UV pre-operatively in 20 patients with Colles' fractures being treated surgically using the method of perpendiculars. Because the distal fragment is by definition dorsi-flexed, the dorsal edge of the most distal part of the radius is seen proximally and the volar edge of it is seen distally on true postero-anterior x-ray of the wrist.

Methods: We measured three different UVs in x-rays.

Scaphotrapeziotrapezoid arthrodesis for the treatment of Lichtman stage 3B Kienböck disease.

We evaluated the results clinically and radiologically of 10 cases of Lichtman stage 3B Kienböck disease treated by scaphotrapeziotrapezoid (STT) arthrodesis alone. We retrospectively reviewed pain, range of movement, grip strength, and physical examination of the wrist as well as subjective satisfaction. We measured carpal height ratio and radioscaphoid angle.

Irreducible dorsal subluxation of the first metatarsophalangeal joint: a case report.

We report a case of dorsal subluxation of the first metatarsophalangeal joint without dislocation of the sesamoids or destruction of the sesamoid complex. Closed reduction was unsuccessful. At surgery, the subluxation was found to be associated with locking of the abductor hallucis tendon onto the medial condyle of the metatarsal.