Jun 13 - Jun 30, 2023
6. Hand Core Conference (Block)
Location
Description
CARPAL TRAUMA
5
11
13
2
C101174: Radiocarpal Fracture-Dislocation in 42M
C101174: Radiocarpal Fracture-Dislocation in 42M
C101408: Scaphoid Fx Nonunion in 25M
C101408: Scaphoid Fx Nonunion in 25M
C101466: Scaphoid Waist Fracture in 17M High-level Athlete
C101466: Scaphoid Waist Fracture in 17M High-level Athlete
C101514: Acute Scaphoid Fracture in 26M
C101514: Acute Scaphoid Fracture in 26M
C101517: Proximal pole of scaphoid fracture in a 21M
C101724: Lunate dislocation and acute carpal tunnel syndrome in 23M
C101462: Hamate Hook Fracture in 21M Collegiate Baseball Player
C101462: Hamate Hook Fracture in 21M Collegiate Baseball Player
C101464: Subacute Hamate Fracture in 48M
C101464: Subacute Hamate Fracture in 48M
C101464: Wrist Scapholunate (SL) Ligament Injury in 52M
C101536: Proximal Pole Scaphoid Fracture
C101549: Trans-Scaphoid Perilunate Dislocation
C101629: Radiocarpal Dislocation with Radial Styloid Fracture
C101629: Radiocarpal Dislocation with Radial Styloid Fracture
C2706: Wrist Scapholunate (SL) Ligament Injury in 52M
C101463: Trapezial Body Fracture in 17M
Evidence
Scapholunate instability: current concepts in diagnosis and management.
Ulnar-sided wrist pain. II. Clinical imaging and treatment.
Hook of hamate fractures.
Cast immobilization with and without immobilization of the thumb for nondisplaced and minimally displaced scaphoid waist fractures: a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial.
PMID 10955217: Perilunate injuries. Repair by dual dorsal and volar approaches.
PMID 12531672: Wrist function after excision of the pisiform.
PMID 18094287: MDCT and Radiography of Wrist Fractures: Radiographic Sensitivity and Fracture Patterns.
PMID 21885701: Perilunate dislocation and perilunate fracture-dislocation.
PMID 23891177: Hook of hamate fractures.
PMID 24679911: Carpal fractures.
PMID 28461927: Intercarpal fusions: indications, treatment options and techniques.
PMID 7130657: Pisiform area pain treatment by pisiform excision.
Operative Skills: Intercarpal Fusions
QB Questions for CARPAL TRAUMA (#24)
Vignettes: Clinical Problem Solving
CONGENITAL ARM CONDITIONS
5
10
2
1
2
Community Case (C2514): Bilateral Madelung Deformity of the Wrist in 26M
Evidence
Radiographic Criteria for Undergoing an Ulnar Shortening Osteotomy in Madelung Deformity: A Long-term Experience From a Single Institution.
Madelung deformity.
Safety and Efficacy of Derotational Osteotomy for Congenital Radioulnar Synostosis.
Intermediate-term to long-term outcome of surgically and nonsurgically treated congenital, isolated radial head dislocation.
Congenital Deformities of the Upper Limbs: Part I: Failure of Formation
Correction of forearm deformities in congenital ulnar club hand: one-bone forearm.
PMID 16945723: Radial longitudinal deficiency: the incidence of associated medical and musculoskeletal conditions.
PMID 17213381: Radial longitudinal deficiency.
PMID 17275588: Thumb function and appearance in thrombocytopenia: absent radius syndrome.
PMID 19669136: The developmental spectrum of proximal radioulnar synostosis.
PMID 22133706: Correction of forearm deformities in congenital ulnar club hand: one-bone forearm.
PMID 23123151: Intermediate-term to long-term outcome of surgically and nonsurgically treated congenital, isolated radial head dislocation.
PMID 23728962: Madelung deformity.
PMID 25757208: Radiographic Criteria for Undergoing an Ulnar Shortening Osteotomy in Madelung Deformity: A Long-term Experience From a Single Institution.
PMID 26322649: Safety and Efficacy of Derotational Osteotomy for Congenital Radioulnar Synostosis.
PMID 27047864: Congenital Deformities of the Upper Limbs: Part I: Failure of Formation
QB Questions for CONGENITAL ARM CONDITIONS (#28)
Question-Based Clinical Problem Solving
Skills: Physical Exam of the Pediatric Arm
CONGENITAL HAND & THUMB CONDITIONS
12
22
1
1
C101475: Syndactyly in 13-Month-Old Boy
Case-Based Learning
PMID 11967760: Acrocephalosyndactyly -- the coalesced hand.
PMID 12631483: Long-term results of syndactyly correction: full-thickness versus split-thickness skin grafts.
PMID 17332102: Modified Bilhaut-Cloquet procedure for Wassel type-II and III polydactyly of the thumb.
PMID 17602029: Amniotic band syndrome of the upper extremity: diagnosis and management.
PMID 18310688: Modified Bilhaut-Cloquet procedure for Wassel type-II and III polydactyly of the thumb. Surgical technique.
PMID 19308526: Characteristics of patients with congenital clasped thumb: a prospective study of 40 patients with the results of treatment.
PMID 19571071: Amniotic constriction band: a multidisciplinary assessment of etiology and clinical presentation.
PMID 20138713: Reconstruction of the hypoplastic thumb.
PMID 21463727: Surgical release of the pediatric trigger thumb.
PMID 22379556: Classification and surgical treatment of symphalangism in interphalangeal joints of the hand.
PMID 22474090: Management of pediatric trigger thumb and trigger finger.
PMID 22955538: Hand and upper limb anomalies in Poland syndrome: a new proposal of classification.
PMID 23364674: Preaxial polydactyly of the upper limb viewed as a spectrum of severity of embryonic events.
PMID 23730240: Acquired trigger thumb vs. congenital clasped thumb: recognize the difference: a case report.
PMID 24032579: Polydactyly: a review.
PMID 24060511: Presentation and treatment of macrodactyly in children.
PMID 24359797: The transverse bone in cleft hand: a case cohort analysis of outcome after surgical reconstruction.
PMID 24362256: On the classification of congenital thumb hypoplasia.
PMID 25289684: Analysis of web height ratios according to age and sex.
PMID 25934210: Management of complications of congenital hand disorders.
PMID 28277466: Early Results of Surgical Management of Camptodactyly.
PMID 9774014: Long-term results of surgical treatment for macrodactyly of the hand.
Evidence
Didactic & Question Based Learning
QB Questions for CONGENITAL HAND & THUMB CONDITIONS (#81)
Skills
DEGENERATIVE HAND TENDON CONDITIONS
6
17
2
2
Case-Based Learning
PMID 29975270: Percutaneous Needle Fasciotomy Versus Collagenase Treatment for Dupuytren Contracture: A Randomized Controlled Trial with a Two-Year Follow-up.
PMID 26510626: Tendinopathies of the Hand and Wrist.
PMID 27473921: Comparison of Treatment Outcome After Collagenase and Needle Fasciotomy for Dupuytren Contracture: A Randomized, Single-Blinded, Clinical Trial With a 1-Year Follow-Up.
PMID 30502019: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blinded Controlled Trial Comparing Ibuprofen and Acetaminophen Versus Hydrocodone and Acetaminophen for Soft Tissue Hand Procedures.
Evidence
Sports-related extensor carpi ulnaris pathology: a review of functional anatomy, sports injury and management.
Pathologies of the extensor carpi ulnaris (ECU) tendon and its investments in the athlete.
Percutaneous Needle Fasciotomy Versus Collagenase Treatment for Dupuytren Contracture: A Randomized Controlled Trial with a Two-Year Follow-up.
Comparison of Treatment Outcome After Collagenase and Needle Fasciotomy for Dupuytren Contracture: A Randomized, Single-Blinded, Clinical Trial With a 1-Year Follow-Up.
PMID 18063716: De quervain tenosynovitis of the wrist.
PMID 18451388: The natural history of pediatric trigger thumb.
PMID 19258615: Does a 'firebreak' full-thickness skin graft prevent recurrence after surgery for Dupuytren's contracture?: a prospective, randomised trial.
PMID 21050962: Effect of passive stretching on simple camptodactyly in children younger than three years of age.
PMID 217905: An unusual complication following surgical treatment of deQuervain's disease.
PMID 22134207: Dupuytren disease: an evolving understanding of an age-old disease.
PMID 22883879: Pathologies of the extensor carpi ulnaris (ECU) tendon and its investments in the athlete.
PMID 23200951: Dupuytren contracture recurrence following treatment with collagenase clostridium histolyticum (CORDLESS study): 3-year data.
PMID 23683863: Congenital hand anomalies: a review of the literature, 2009-2012.
PMID 24060510: A comparison of percutaneous needle fasciotomy and collagenase injection for dupuytren disease.
PMID 24096897: Sports-related extensor carpi ulnaris pathology: a review of functional anatomy, sports injury and management.
PMID 3006958: Sports-related extraarticular wrist syndromes.
PMID 30931150: Dupuytren's disease: where do we stand?
Dupuytren Percutaneous Needle Aponeurotomy & Collagenase Injections
Physical Exam of the Tendons of the Hand & Wrist
QB Questions for DEGENERATIVE HAND TENDON CONDITIONS (#27)
Question-Based Clinical Problem Solving
Surgical Trigger Finger Release
FINGER & THUMB TRAUMA
8
17
5
8
2
C101176: Closed 2nd Metacarpal Shaft Fx in 32M
C102018: Ring Finger Proximal Phalanx Fracture in 16M
Teaching Case: Closed 2nd Metacarpal Shaft Fx in 32M
C101556: 5th Metacarpal Fracture in 22M
Community Case #1: PIP Fracture Dislocation in 70F
Community Case #2: 4th Digit Closed Proximal Phalanx Hand Fracture
Community Case #3: Chronic Thumb MP UCL Rupture in 18M
Community Case #4: Metacarpal nonunion with hardware failure in 23M
Community Case #5: Ring Finger Closed Bicondylar Proximal Phalanx Fx in 32M
Evidence
Treatment of Ulnar Collateral Ligament Injuries of the Thumb: A Critical Analysis Review.
Outcome of conservative management of spiral/long oblique fractures of the metacarpal shaft of the fingers using a palmar wrist splint and immediate mobilisation of the fingers.
Thumb trauma: Bennett fractures, Rolando fractures, and ulnar collateral ligament injuries.
Seymour fractures: retrospective analysis and therapeutic considerations.
PMID 11505928: Fractures of the base of the first metacarpal: current treatment options.
PMID 16843795: Fixation choices for closed simple unstable oblique phalangeal and metacarpal fractures.
PMID 18332024: Open reduction and interfragmentary screw fixation for symptomatic nonunion of distal phalangeal fractures.
PMID 18443066: The ''two fleck sign'' for an occult Stener lesion.
PMID 18662959: Outcome of conservative management of spiral/long oblique fractures of the metacarpal shaft of the fingers using a palmar wrist splint and immediate mobilisation of the fingers.
PMID 18694922: Plate fixation in closed ipsilateral multiple metacarpal fractures.
PMID 19411003: Thumb trauma: Bennett fractures, Rolando fractures, and ulnar collateral ligament injuries.
PMID 19411643: Metacarpophalangeal joint dislocation.
PMID 19442455: Symptomatic nonunion of a distal phalanx fracture: treatment with a percutaneous compression screw.
PMID 19703736: A cadaver model that investigates irreducible metacarpophalangeal joint dislocation.
PMID 21536628: Collateral ligament injuries of the thumb metacarpophalangeal joint.
PMID 23351909: Seymour fractures: retrospective analysis and therapeutic considerations.
PMID 23378372: Fracture-dislocations of the proximal interphalangeal joint.
PMID 24206995: Seymour fractures.
PMID 24503231: Management of proximal interphalangeal joint hyperextension injuries: a randomized controlled trial.
PMID 28248741: Treatment of Ulnar Collateral Ligament Injuries of the Thumb: A Critical Analysis Review.
PMID 8891977: Traumatic dislocation of the thumb carpometacarpal joint: early ligamentous reconstruction versus closed reduction and pinning.
QB Questions for FINGER & THUMB TRAUMA (#77)
Skills: Evaluating Collateral Ligament Stability of the Fingers and Thumbs
Skills: Open Reduction of an Irreducible MCP Dislocation
Vignettes: Clinical Problem Solving
FINGER DEFORMITY
6
9
2
2
2
C101184: Basilar Thumb Arthritis in 52F
C101184: Basilar Thumb Arthritis in 52M
C1185: Basal joint arthritis in 66F
C1185: Basal joint arthritis in 66F
Evidence
The Thompson procedure for chronic mallet finger deformity.
Intrinsic contracture of the hand: diagnosis and management.
Posttraumatic Boutonnière and Swan Neck Deformities.
Trapeziometacarpal arthrodesis or trapeziectomy with ligament reconstruction in primary trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial.
PMID 16182064: Quantifying the effect of the distal intrinsic release procedure on proximal interphalangeal joint flexion: a cadaveric study.
PMID 16601414: Tendon avulsion injuries of the distal phalanx.
PMID 17948164: Biomechanical analysis of flexor digitorum profundus and superficialis in grip-strength generation.
PMID 22170246: The quadriga phenomenon: a review and clinical relevance.
PMID 23790421: The Thompson procedure for chronic mallet finger deformity.
PMID 24084432: Intrinsic contracture of the hand: diagnosis and management.
PMID 26320165: Posttraumatic Boutonnière and Swan Neck Deformities.
PMID 8876579: Compartment syndromes of the hand.
Physical Exam of the Finger
QB Questions for FINGER DEFORMITY & ARTHRITIS (#79)
Question-Based Clinical Problem Solving
FLEXOR TENDON INJURIES
2
8
1
5
2
C101480: Flexor Tendon Reconstruction in a 38F
C101481: Partial Flexor Tendon Injury in a 30M
C101485: Chronic Zone 1 Flexor Tendon Lacerations in 17M
Chronic Zone 1 Flexor Tendon Lacerations in
Flexor Tendon Reconstruction in a 38F
Partial Flexor Tendon Injury in a 30M
Mallet Fx in 4th Digit in 22M
FDP Flexor Tendon Re-rupture in 23M
PMID 30893228: What's New in Hand Surgery.
Evidence
PMID 20541326: The effects of core suture purchase on the biomechanical characteristics of a multistrand locking flexor tendon repair: a cadaveric study.
PMID 21368096: Avulsion injuries of the flexor digitorum profundus tendon.
PMID 23294825: How the wide awake approach is changing hand surgery and hand therapy: inaugural AAHS sponsored lecture at the ASHT meeting, San Diego, 2012.
PMID 23660056: Wide-awake flexor tendon repair and early tendon mobilization in zones 1 and 2.
PMID 25425614: Update on Zone II Flexor Tendon Injuries.
QB Questions for TRAUMATIC HAND TENDON INJURIES (#76)
Question-Based Clinical Problem Solving
Skills: Bracing Technique
HAND INFECTION & PUNCTURE TRAUMA
12
16
2
2
Case-Based Learning: Program Cases
PMID 30145028: Hand Infections in the Immunocompromised Patient: An Update.
PMID 17399870: The surgical treatment and outcomes of high-pressure injection injuries of the hand.
PMID 17671013: Factors affecting the prognosis of pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis.
PMID 18294549: A prospective, randomized, controlled trial of 2-octylcyanoacrylate versus suture repair for nail bed injuries.
PMID 19056919: Cold exposure injuries to the extremities.
PMID 19258157: Treatment of digital frostbite: current concepts.
PMID 19962836: Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in surgically treated hand infections.
PMID 22661567: Flexor tendon sheath infections of the hand.
PMID 24382878: High-pressure injection injuries to the hand.
PMID 24603826: Acute and chronic paronychia of the hand.
PMID 24860135: Fungal osteomyelitis and septic arthritis.
PMID 25070032: Acute hand infections.
PMID 25538130: Human and other mammalian bite injuries of the hand: evaluation and management.
PMID 31191986: Infections of the hand: an overview.
PMID 442761: Human and other mammalian bite injuries of the hand: evaluation and management.
PMID 7754017: Uncomplicated cat-scratch disease: findings at CT, MR imaging, and radiography.
QB Questions for HAND INFECTION & PUNCTURE TRAUMA (#25)
Question-Based Clinical Problem Solving
Skills: Physical Exam of Pyogenic Flexor Tenosynovitis
HAND REPLANTATION
3
6
1
1
2
C2707: Median nerve traumatic laceration in a 29M
Evidence
Results of replantation of 33 ring avulsion amputations.
Nerve conduits for nerve repair or reconstruction.
Long-term Results of Tendon Transfers in Radial and Posterior Interosseous Nerve Paralysis.
Epidemiology of upper extremity replantation surgery in the United States.
A systematic review of outcomes of revision amputation treatment for fingertip amputations.
The free lateral arm flap-a reliable option for reconstruction of the forearm and hand.
PMID 21975098: Epidemiology of upper extremity replantation surgery in the United States.
PMID 23566726: Results of replantation of 33 ring avulsion amputations.
QB Questions for HAND REPLANTATION & NERVE REPAIR (#78)
Question-Based Clinical Problem Solving
Skills: Microsurgical Nerve Repair
Skills: Tendon Transfer Principles
Skin Grafting
HAND VASCULAR LESIONS & TUMORS
12
19
3
4
2
C101374: Painful Lytic Lumbar Lesion in 16F
C102074: Peroneal Nerve Tumor in 53M
C1320: Lucent Medullary Lesion in Index Finger of 33M
Community Case: Lucent Medullary Lesions in Index Finger of 33M
Community Case: Post traumtic swelling of distal forearm
PMID 25708437: Wrist ganglion treatment: systematic review and meta-analysis.
PMID 29557866: Denosumab May Increase the Risk of Local Recurrence in Patients with Giant-Cell Tumor of Bone Treated with Curettage.
PMID 11466631: Longitudinal observation of pediatric hand and wrist ganglia.
PMID 12470042: Vascular problems of the upper extremity: a primer for the orthopaedic surgeon.
PMID 17077340: Malignant tumors of the hand and wrist.
PMID 17908885: Skeletal Lesions Interobserver Correlation among Expert Diagnosticians (SLICED) Study Group. Reliability of histopathologic and radiologic grading of cartilaginous neoplasms in long bo
PMID 18451399: Local recurrence of giant cell tumor of bone after intralesional treatment with and without adjuvant therapy.
PMID 19568083: Long-term results of surgical treatment for hypothenar hammer syndrome.
PMID 20216046: Diagnosis and management of glomus tumors of the hand.
PMID 20448801: Advances in the treatment of Raynaud's phenomenon.
PMID 20857250: Recurrent giant cell tumor of long bones: analysis of surgical management.
PMID 21276898: Reconstruction for ulnar artery aneurysm at the wrist.
PMID 21372671: Hypothenar hammer syndrome: an update with algorithms for diagnosis and treatment.
PMID 23378375: Giant cell tumor of bone.
PMID 23509309: Denosumab treatment of metastatic giant-cell tumor of bone in a 10-year-old girl.
PMID 25344599: Diagnosis and Management of Soft-tissue Masses.
PMID 25911663: Skin cancer of the hand: current concepts.
PMID 26209144: Ray Resections of the Fingers: Indications, Techniques, and Outcomes.
PMID 27454024: Enchondroma of the Hand: Evaluation and Management.
QB Questions for HAND VASCULAR LESIONS & TUMORS (#29)
Question-Based Clinical Problem Solving
Skills: Hand Exam: Superficial Exam
MEDIAN NERVE NEUROPATHIES
3
21
1
2
2
Community Case #1: Ulnar Neuropathy Due to Deformity from Elbow Fx in 31M
Teaching Case #1: Unusual Cause of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in 50F
Evidence
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline on: Management of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
The value added by electrodiagnostic testing in the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome.
Anterior Transposition Compared with Simple Decompression for Treatment of Cubital Tunnel Syndrome. A Meta-analysis of Randomized, Controlled Trials.
PMID 24875021: The impact of depression and pain catastrophization on initial presentation and treatment outcomes for atraumatic hand conditions.
PMID 25187592: Comparison of ultrasound and electrodiagnostic testing for diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome: study using a validated clinical tool as the reference standard.
PMID 26631997: A Comparison of Three Diagnostic Tests for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Using Latent Class Analysis.
PMID 27869627: The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline on: Management of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
PMID 28953087: Cubital Tunnel Syndrome: Current Concepts.
PMID 15730578: Prospective randomized controlled study comparing simple decompression versus anterior subcutaneous transposition for idiopathic neuropathy of the ulnar nerve at the elbow: Part 1.
PMID 16061314: Simple decompression or subcutaneous anterior transposition of the ulnar nerve for cubital tunnel syndrome.
PMID 17324718: The electrodiagnosis of neuropathy: basic principles and common pitfalls.
PMID 18056489: Anterior Transposition Compared with Simple Decompressio