Ace The Hand Surgery Exam

The inter-scalene triangle is a region of the neck that holds fundamental structures to the upper extremity function. The triangle is composed of t ...

Neurotmesis is a complete transection of a peripheral nerve. The severity of peripheral nerve injury can be classified as neurapraxia, axonotmesis, ...

The olecranon bursa is synovial membrane located immediately posterior to the olecranon bone of the elbow. The bursa's function is to allow the bon ...

Fetal development occurs in three separate and distinct phases. The first is the pre-differentiation period in weeks 1 and 2, the second is the emb ...

The triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC) is a load-bearing structure between the lunate, triquetrum, and ulnar head. The function of the TFCC i ...

In 1953, Dr. Herman Pinkus first described the fibroepithelial tumor of Pinkus (FEP) as a pre-malignant epithelial tumor. Altho ...

Subungual hematomas are injuries of the nail bed in which bleeding develops under the nail. Patients usually complain of pain and discoloration of ...

The infraclavicular block is a brachial plexus block used as an alternative or adjunct to general anesthesia. It can be used for postoperative pain ...

Radial club hand is a term describing a group of complex congenital malformations of the radial side of the forearm. It comprises a spectrum of con ...

The median nerve is a continuation of the middle and lateral cords of the brachial plexus that receives innervation from all roots of the brac ...

Apert syndrome is another genetically inherited syndrome characterized by craniosynostosis (premature fusion of coronal sutures) resulting skull an ...

The elbow is among the most common large joints to dislocate. Dislocations may be isolated, involve damage to static supportive structures of the e ...

Elbow fractures are more common in the pediatric population than in the adult population. Children often utilize an outstretched arm as a protectiv ...

The pediatric skeletal anatomy has unique properties that lead to varied pathology to that of the adult skeleton. Two of the major differences incl ...

An important contributor to thumb function, the extensor pollicis longus (EPL) muscle is an extrinsic thumb muscle which extends and adducts the th ...

The superficial peroneal nerve (superficial fibular nerve) is a mixed nerve that carries sensory information from the anterolateral aspect of ...

A fracture is a breach in the structural continuity of the bone cortex, with a degree of injury to the surrounding soft tissues. Following the frac ...

The upper limb includes the scapula, clavicle, humerus, radius, ulna, carpals, metacarpals, and small bones of the hand. Innervation originates in ...