{"title":"Hand Surgery, Service, and the Sea.","authors":"Nicholas Pulos, Alexander Y Shin","doi":"10.1097/BTH.0000000000000492","DOIUrl":"10.1097/BTH.0000000000000492","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39303,"journal":{"name":"Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"123"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141735258","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chao Long Azad, Nicholas A Orlando, Allan J Belzberg, Sami H Tuffaha
{"title":"Surgical Technique: Brachioradialis to Extensor Carpi Radialis Longus and Brevis Nerve Transfers for Tetraplegia.","authors":"Chao Long Azad, Nicholas A Orlando, Allan J Belzberg, Sami H Tuffaha","doi":"10.1097/BTH.0000000000000471","DOIUrl":"10.1097/BTH.0000000000000471","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Improving upper extremity function in high cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) patients with tetraplegia is a challenging task owing to the limited expendable donor muscles and nerves that are available. Restoring active wrist extension for these patients is critical because it allows for tenodesis grasp. This is classically achieved with brachioradialis (BR) to extensor carpi radialis brevis (ECRB) tendon transfer, but outcomes are suboptimal because BR excursion is insufficient and its origin proximal to the elbow further limits the functionality of the tendon transfer, particularly in the absence of elbow extension. As an alternative approach to restore wrist extension in patients with ICSHT group 1 SCI, we present the first clinical report of the BR to extensor carpi radialis longus (ECRL) and BR to ECRB nerve transfers.</p>","PeriodicalId":39303,"journal":{"name":"Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"88-91"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139973909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Greco-Nice-Lag: Lag Screw and Double Nice Knot Fixation for Spiral Proximal Phalanx Fractures-Connecting the Shoulder to the Finger.","authors":"Victor E Greco, Ethan Wiesler","doi":"10.1097/BTH.0000000000000462","DOIUrl":"10.1097/BTH.0000000000000462","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A colorful array of fixation options exists for the management of operative long oblique or spiral proximal phalanx fractures. These include lag screws, intramedullary devices, Kirschner wires, dorsal or lateral plating, and cerclage wiring. The \"Nice double-suture knot,\" described by Boileau and colleagues, is a sliding, self-stabilizing knot initially created for tuberosity fixation in the shoulder. Nice knot cerclage has been described in shoulder arthroplasty, as well as for comminuted patella fractures. Here we describe a technique utilizing a single lag screw with 2 Nice knot cerclage sutures for the treatment of a spiral proximal phalanx fracture in a 65-year-old active smoker with osteopenia.</p>","PeriodicalId":39303,"journal":{"name":"Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"110-114"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138291916","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Artificial Intelligence: Understanding Current Limitations and Future Potentials.","authors":"Alexander Y Shin","doi":"10.1097/BTH.0000000000000482","DOIUrl":"10.1097/BTH.0000000000000482","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39303,"journal":{"name":"Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery","volume":"28 2","pages":"49-50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141066200","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Syndactyly Reconstruction Technique Utilizing Skin Substitute.","authors":"Lindley B Wall, Charles A Goldfarb","doi":"10.1097/BTH.0000000000000473","DOIUrl":"10.1097/BTH.0000000000000473","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Syndactyly reconstruction often times leaves areas of skin deficit that require coverage for healing. Numerous techniques have been reported to address the deficits, including graftless technique, which utilizes mobilization of adjacent skin for coverage, full-thickness skin grafting, and skin substitute grafts. The technique described here demonstrates the ease of the use of skin substitutes for coverage in syndactyly reconstruction and reports the expected outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":39303,"journal":{"name":"Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"60-61"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139933400","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Laura M Perez-Lopez, Miguel Perez-Abad, María Alejandra Suarez Merchan, David Alejandro Cabrera Ortiz
{"title":"Reverse Ishiguro Extension Block Technique as an Alternative for Irreducible Osseous Mallet Finger.","authors":"Laura M Perez-Lopez, Miguel Perez-Abad, María Alejandra Suarez Merchan, David Alejandro Cabrera Ortiz","doi":"10.1097/BTH.0000000000000465","DOIUrl":"10.1097/BTH.0000000000000465","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Subacute or late-presenting unstable osseous mallet finger might be hard to reduce and, therefore, remain subluxed when using the traditional Ishiguro technique. In such cases, we suggest it is best to prioritize correction of joint subluxation over step-by-step adherence to the traditional Ishiguro technique. Specifically, we contend that carrying out the procedure in reverse order typically results in an easier and more stable reduction of both joint and fracture.</p>","PeriodicalId":39303,"journal":{"name":"Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"62-66"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138805241","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Innovative Advances in Hand Surgery.","authors":"Alexander Y Shin","doi":"10.1097/BTH.0000000000000468","DOIUrl":"10.1097/BTH.0000000000000468","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39303,"journal":{"name":"Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139378490","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Telephone Game.","authors":"Alexander Y Shin","doi":"10.1097/BTH.0000000000000458","DOIUrl":"10.1097/BTH.0000000000000458","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39303,"journal":{"name":"Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"199"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49683300","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ricardo Kaempf de Oliveira, João Pedro Brunelli, Márcio Aita, Pedro J Delgado
{"title":"360-degree Arthroscopic Management of Scaphoid Pseudarthrosis: Description of Technique and Indications.","authors":"Ricardo Kaempf de Oliveira, João Pedro Brunelli, Márcio Aita, Pedro J Delgado","doi":"10.1097/BTH.0000000000000448","DOIUrl":"10.1097/BTH.0000000000000448","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nonunion remains one of the main complications of scaphoid fractures, with no consensus being reached as to the best surgical technique for scaphoid pseudoarthrosis. Thus, different types of procedures for bone stability and biological stimulus for consolidation have been described. The use of arthroscopy for scaphoid pseudoarthrosis has advantages as it allows for treating associated injuries, preserving wrist proprioception by minimizing damage to the joint capsule and ligaments and not deteriorating the already fragile scaphoid vasculature, leading to a quick recovery. Arthroscopy was initially indicated for stable scaphoid pseudoarthroses, being used in all patterns of this condition, including unstable ones and those with flexion collapse. However, most scientific articles describe the use of arthroscopy only through the dorsal portals, creating technical difficulty in complete debridement of the site of pseudarthrosis and in placing bone graft. This study describes the 360-degree technique, which standardizes arthroscopy in scaphoid pseudoarthrosis treatment, allowing, with the use of dorsal, volar, and radial portals, direct approach to the entire circumference of the nonunion site, facilitating the debridement of the injury site, the correction of the scaphoid deformity, and the placement of a graft directly on the site of the defect, mainly in its volar region after correction of the flexion deformity. The 360-degree technique aims to help and standardize the arthroscopic procedure for scaphoid pseudarthrosis, creating a routine with defined surgery stages. Additional portals allow complete access to the entire nonunion site and better positioning of the bone graft under direct view.</p>","PeriodicalId":39303,"journal":{"name":"Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"230-238"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9911360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A Luke Shiver, Doyle R Wallace, Joshua D Dolan, Keri L Jones, S Mark Fulcher
{"title":"The \"Standing Peanut\" Scaphoid View: A Semi-supinated Radiographic View for Intraoperative Evaluation of Screw Placement in Scaphoid Waist Fractures.","authors":"A Luke Shiver, Doyle R Wallace, Joshua D Dolan, Keri L Jones, S Mark Fulcher","doi":"10.1097/BTH.0000000000000447","DOIUrl":"10.1097/BTH.0000000000000447","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Scaphoid waist fractures are the most common fracture of the scaphoid. Operative management is indicated with unstable fractures and often for nondisplaced waist fractures to decrease time to union and return to work/sport. Screw placement within the central axis of the scaphoid is paramount and correlates with outcomes. Assessment of intrascaphoid screw placement is classically done via intraoperative fluoroscopy. An additional fluoroscopic view is presented to assist in confirming implant positioning. Along with the standard anterioposterior, lateral, pronated oblique, and \"scaphoid\" view we obtain a \"standing peanut\" view for assessment of central screw placement. This view also allows for further evaluation of center/center positioning and better assessment of fixation crossing the fracture into the proximal pole. The \"standing peanut\" view is best obtained in a sequential manner beginning with the forearm in neutral rotation. First, the forearm is then supinated 30 degrees; next, the wrist is placed at 45 degrees of ulnar deviation. Then finally, 10 degrees of wrist extension. We utilize this additional intraoperative view in conjunction with the standard fluoroscopic views for assessing and ensuring center-center implant positioning, particularly within the proximal pole. When ensuring center-center positioning, we prefer this view as an adjunct view to the standard fluoroscopic views intraoperatively. It provides a beneficial view of the proximal pole delineating the number of screw threads that have obtained proximal pole purchase. We have found it particularly useful in the setting of scaphoid waist fracture nonunion with the classic 'humpback' deformity after correction with volar interposition grafting. Standard radiographic views may be misinterpreted regarding implant positioning if there remains any residual flexion. The view requires little in the way of training to obtain once appreciated and exposes the patient to minimal additional radiation.</p>","PeriodicalId":39303,"journal":{"name":"Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"204-209"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9929905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}