Ace The Hand Surgery Exam

Animal bites account for approximately one percent of all emergency department (ED) visits in the U.S. yearly and range from superficial injuries t ...

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) are the regulating bodies of infection control, ...

A Smith fracture is an eponym for an extraarticular fracture of the distal radius featuring a volar displacement or angulation of the distal fragme ...

Nerve compression syndromes of the hand present with various signs and symptoms that correspond to the nerve involved and its anatomic distribution ...

Appropriate hand, fingers, wrist, and forearm positioning is often required to facilitate proper exposure to the surgical site and anesthesia admin ...

Cervical myelopathy is a condition describing a compression of the spinal cord at the cervical level of the spinal column resulting in spasticity ( ...

Hand motion results from a variety of muscle contractions. The contraction of muscles manifest as movement of the hand. These contractions may come ...

Philadelphia orthopedic surgeon John Rhea Barton first described a Barton fracture. It is a fracture of the distal radius which extends throug ...

The importance of the appropriate perioperative cardiac management in non-cardiac surgery lies in the high number of surgical procedures performed ...

A burn takes place when the skin comes into contact with a heat source. Burns can occur from many ...

A median nerve block is a simple, safe, and effective method of obtaining anesthesia to the palmar aspect of the thumb, index finger, middle finger ...

Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is chronic inflammatory arthritis associated with psoriasis (PsO) and found in about 20 to 30% of such patients.

The forearm is a vital structure in the human body that is essential for completing activities of daily living. It is designed to help maximize ver ...

Epithelioid sarcoma was first described by Enzinger in 1970 as a rare soft tissue sarcoma that mimics granulomatous disease, carcinoma, and synovia ...

Each hand consists of 27 bones. The osseous anatomy of the human hand is integral to its impressive functionality.  The purpose of this articl ...

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 ...

Ganglion cysts are synovial cysts that are filled with gelatinous mucoid material and commonly encountered in orthopedic clinical practice. Althoug ...

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