Troublesome Lunate Facet
89 Troublesome Lunate Facet Hermann Krimmer 89.1 Introduction In recent years, the treatment of distal radius fracture has seen a significant change in trend, moving away from conservative treatment toward…
Failed Silicone Proximal Interphalangeal Joint Arthroplasty
50 Failed Silicone Proximal Interphalangeal Joint Arthroplasty Elvira Bodmer and Stephan Schindele 50.1 Patient History Leading to the Specific Problem We report a case of a 67-year-old woman who had…
Perfusion Problems
30 Perfusion Problems Charles Yuen Yung Loh, Yu-Te Lin, and Fu-Chan Wei 30.1 Patient History Leading to the Specific Problem A 53-year-old man previously sustained a crush injury to his…
Nonunion of the Proximal Pole
69 Nonunion of the Proximal Pole Hermann Krimmer 69.1 Introduction Most common scaphoid nonunions occur in the middle third caused by fractures through the waist. Proximal pole fractures, which are…
Pain following Nerve Repair
27 Pain following Nerve Repair Ida K. Fox and Leahthan F. Domeshek 27.1 History A 40-year-old right-hand-dominant woman was accepted in transfer with subacute left, greater than right, neuropathic arm…
Painful Proximalization of the First Metacarpal after Trapeziectomy
46 Painful Proximalization of the First Metacarpal after Trapeziectomy Martin Richter 46.1 Patient History Leading to the Specific Problem A 71-year-old woman suffered from a painful stage III osteoarthritis of…
Intraoperative Instability During Metacarpophalangeal Joint Arthroplasty for Osteoarthritis
48 Intraoperative Instability During Metacarpophalangeal Joint Arthroplasty for Osteoarthritis Chelsea Harris, Yuki Fujihara, and Kevin C. Chung 48.1 Patient History Leading to the Specific Problem A 63-year-old, right-hand-dominant man presents…
Revision of Subsided Pyrocarbon Implants
49 Revision of Subsided Pyrocarbon Implants Steven C. Haase 49.1 Patient History Leading to the Specific Problem A 55-year-old woman presents with a painful right middle finger metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joint….
Nonunion in Metacarpal Fractures
42 Nonunion in Metacarpal Fractures Carsten Surke and Esther Vögelin 42.1 Patient History Leading to the Specific Problem A 28-year-old patient suffered an avulsion amputation of the third ray when…
Nonunion after Ulnar Shortening
84 Nonunion after Ulnar Shortening Ladislav Nagy 84.1 Patient History Leading to the Specific Problem A 54-year-old truck driver presented to us 3 months after an operative treatment of his…
