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Institute for Hand- and Plastic Surgery, Oldenburg, Germany
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-joint[Title/Abstract]) OR (finger[Title/Abstract]) OR (digital[Title/Abstract]) OR (pipj[Title/Abstract]) OR (proximal interphalangeal[Title/Abstract])) AND ((arthrodesis[Title/Abstract]) OR (fusion[Title/Abstract]))) NOT equine[Title/Abstract] Embase (‘proximal
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Introduction Until the late 1980s, finger joint prosthetic reconstruction had been almost exclusively performed by using monobloc silicone spacers as developed by Swanson et al more than 20 years previously. 1 Such implants are not fixed
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Osteotomie Komitee der Deutschen Knie Gesellschaft (DKG), Munich, Germany
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The present narrative review provides a summary of postoperative therapy modalities and their effectiveness following osteotomies around the knee.
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The topics that are discussed in the scientific discourse include support of cartilage cell regeneration, pain management, drainage insertion, tourniquet use, pharmacological and mechanical thromboembolism prophylaxis, weight-bearing protocols and bone consolidation.
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There is evidence for the use of pharmacological thromboembolism prophylaxis and weight-bearing protocols.
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A standardized postoperative treatment concept following osteotomies around the knee cannot be derived due to lack of evidence for the other topics in current literature.
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-operative treatment Non-operative treatment for advanced destruction of finger joints may be considered both for inflammatory disease or ongoing joint degeneration in osteoarthritis (OA), depending on the severity of symptoms and functional impairment. Treating
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method is mechanical reduction by finger-trap traction (FTT) which dispenses with the need for an assistant as the forearm is suspended by finger-traps in the radial fingers. Counter-traction is provided by weights suspended on the arm near the elbow
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important joints in hand function because they contribute to 77% of the arc of motion of the fingers. 13 Also, most prehension grips require extension and some degree of abduction at the MCP joint. The level of the MCP joint is altered in
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. Our case is also the first reported case in Malaysia. Case review A 34-year-old Malay gentleman presented with isolated right ring finger clubbing for 6 years and initially started with swelling over the right ring fingertip with disturbance of
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, or motor blocks experienced by patients ( 11 ). The latter half of the 20th century was dominated by the myth that epinephrine caused finger ischemia. Bunnell’s first American textbook on hand surgery in 1946 ( 12 ) initiated this trend. We now know
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Background Treatment of Dupuytren’s disease (DD) aims to reduce finger joint contractures through removal or disruption of the Dupuytren cords, with surgical fasciectomy having been the mainstay of treatment ( 1 ). Due to the postoperative
School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia
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the level of the radial styloid it divides into two or three sensory branches innervating the skin of the proximal two thirds of the lateral three and a half fingers, as well as the dorsum of the hand. 6 , 7 The posterior interosseous nerve is
