The Journal of hand surgery
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Sterling Bunnell, MD, was the key person in the founding of the specialty of hand surgery in the United States. In 1944 he published Surgery of the Hand, which was to remain the authoritative hand text for almost 30 years. At about the same time he organized and was the guiding light of 9 United States Army Hand Centers spread throughout the United States. For the most part the surgeons who directed these hand centers became the founders of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand.
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The purpose of this study is to report the results of intact radial collateral ligament (RCL) soft tissue sleeve advancement with bony reattachment without additional soft tissue reinforcement as the sole surgical repair technique for the treatment of grade III RCL injuries to the thumb metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joint in acute, chronic, and late cases. ⋯ Acute, chronic, and late grade III RCL instability of the thumb MCP joint can be successfully treated in the majority of cases by RCL soft tissue sleeve advancement and bony reattachment alone without the need for other soft tissue reinforcement.