Operative Techniques in Hand, Wrist, and Elbow Sur
DEFINITION Dupuytren disease (DD) is a benign, generally painless, fibroproliferative disorder affecting the palm…
DEFINITION Injuries caused by high-pressure injection equipment, which can generate pressures of 2000 to 12,000 p…
DEFINITION Acute compartment syndrome is a condition in which increased tissue pressure compromises the circulation w…
DEFINITION Replantation is the reattachment of a completely amputated body part. Revascularization is the restora…
DEFINITION Multiple techniques have been described for the release of elbow contractures. The medial approach has t…
DEFINITION Multiple hereditary exostoses (MHE), first described by Boyer3 in 1814, is a familial disorder with an a…
DEFINITION Upper extremity wounds that are candidates for skin grafting very closely parallel wounds suitable for…
DEFINITION Polydactyly refers to having greater than the normal number of digits. Preaxial polydactyly is duplica…
DEFINITION Injury to the nail usually occurs by traumatic setting. Because of its location at the distal end of the…
DEFINITION Enchondromas are benign cartilaginous neoplasms that are commonly seen in the medullary cavity of phal…
DEFINITION Radial dysplasia represents a spectrum of longitudinal deficiency in radial growth. This deficiency can …
DEFINITION A fingertip injury or amputation involves trauma to the finger distal to the distal interphalangeal (DIP…
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