The Journal of hand surgery
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Hand transplantation is the most common form of modern composite tissue allotransplantation. Successful application of this technology requires a multidisciplinary approach incorporating not only skilled hand surgeons, transplant surgeons, and transplant immunologists, but also hand therapists, psychiatrists, medical specialists, anesthesiologists, and others. ⋯ Hand transplantation is becoming more common, with more centers offering this relatively new reconstructive modality. Its success depends on proper patient selection, a technically successful operation, postoperative rehabilitation, and an immunotherapy protocol that prevents rejection but has minimal or acceptable morbidity.
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Comparative Study
Assessing the impact of antibiotic prophylaxis in outpatient elective hand surgery: a single-center, retrospective review of 8,850 cases.
Prophylactic antibiotics have been shown to prevent surgical site infection (SSI) after some gastrointestinal, orthopedic, and plastic surgical procedures, but their efficacy in clean, elective hand surgery is unclear. Our aims were to assess the efficacy of preoperative antibiotics in preventing SSI after clean, elective hand surgery, and to identify potential risk factors for SSI. ⋯ Therapeutic III.
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Comparative Study
Subluxation of the distal radioulnar joint as a predictor of foveal triangular fibrocartilage complex tears.
The triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC) with its ulnar foveal attachment is the primary stabilizer of the distal radioulnar joint (DRUJ). The purpose of this study was to describe a technique for measuring the degree of subluxation of the DRUJ in wrist magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations to predict tears involving the foveal attachment of the TFCC. ⋯ Diagnostic II.
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We report a series of 5 patients (mean age, 41 y) presenting with ulnar styloid impingement syndrome (USIS) and treated by an oblique ulnar styloid osteotomy. The purpose of the study was to determine whether the osteotomy is an effective method for treating USIS. ⋯ Therapeutic IV.