[Osteo-cutaneous Mycobacterium marinum infection of the elbow and reconstruction with radial collateral artery perforator-based propeller flap].

Mycobacterium marinum is an atypical and non-tuberculosis mycobacterium that mainly leads to cutaneous infections. Infections occur through inoculation of the organism through injury to the skin in the presence of contaminated water or fish. The patient often presents with unspecific symptoms and the evolution, in the absence of adequate treatment, is characterized by an expansion of the cutaneous lesion and a spread to deep structures.

[Complex fracture-dislocation of the proximal interphalangeal joint. A case report and focus on palmar proximal interphalangeal fractures-dislocations].

The palmar fracture-dislocation of the proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint of fingers is an uncommon injury. We report a complex form in a 16-year old teenager, associating a palmar fracture-dislocation and a fracture of the base of the middle phalanx with the dorsal fragment dislocated between the neck of the proximal phalange and the palmar plate. The management was surgical with open reduction and fixation of the fragments by K-wires and temporary PIP arthrorisis.

[Treatment of non-unions of the carpal scaphoid using a nonvascularised corticocancellous bone graft: a retrospective series of 47 cases].

Objectives: The authors report their results on the treatment of scaphoid non-unions without osteoarthritis or necrosis, by anterior nonvascularized bone graft.

Patients And Methods: Forty-seven patients treated between 1988 and 2003 were analysed with a mean follow-up of 74 months. There were 19 non-unions without carpal instability (IIA) and 28 with carpal instability (IIB).

[Bizarre parosteal osteochondromatous proliferation (Nora's lesion). Two case reports].

Bizarre parosteal osteochondromatous proliferation, or Nora's tumor, is an uncommon lesion, involving mostly tubular bones of hands and feet, arising from the cortical surface. It must be distinguishable from chondrosarcoma, parosteal osteosarcoma and florid reactive periostitis. It is a benign lesion, characterized by a proliferation of chondroid, bony and fibrous tissues.

[Glomus tumor of forearm: a case report].

The authors report a case of a glomus tumor of the soft-tissues of the forearm in a 23 year old woman. The diagnosis was suspected on MRI, and confirmed by a biopsy. The result after surgical resection was excellent, just like other cases in the literature.

[A psychological approach to patients undergoing ambulatory surgery].

200 patients undergoing outpatient hand surgery were included in a sociological and psychological study. Certain points were found to be important: structure adapted to outpatient surgery, a single team, availability of the surgeon 24 hours a day, telephone call on the day after the operation, etc. Only 0.