Additive manufacturing technologies are increasingly finding their way into medical care. A current example from the field of hand surgery shows how custom-made, 3D-printed orthoses from ActivArmor ...

Introduction: Costochondral grafting is well-known reconstructive option for the temporomandibular joint. In the upper extremity, non-vascularized costochondral grafts have been used for radial head ...

This week we are going to leave the leg and move into the upper extremity (arm) to discuss a condition that occurs in the wrist and can be significantly debilitating—the scaphoid fracture. The ...

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of the dorsal fixation technique with a cannulated compression screw (CCS) for transverse scaphoid neck fractures. Methods: A case series study was carried out ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Tears of the scapholunate ligament are common wrist ligament injuries and can be partial or complete. Partial ...

A scaphoid fracture involves a break of one of the bones on the thumb side of the wrist. The scaphoid bone plays a role in the ability to move the wrist joint. There are surgical and nonsurgical ...

Background Scaphoid waist fractures make up 66% of scaphoid fractures and are mostly non-displaced. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate that percutaneous screw fixation is preferable to cast ...

Researchers at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust have found that plaster casts are just as effective at healing scaphoid waist fractures in the wrist as surgery. The SWIFFT trial, conducted ...

Using a plaster cast to treat scaphoid wrist fractures of the wrist is equivalent to surgery in healing the bone, as long as the few that do not re-join are identified and fixed. Scaphoid wrist ...

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