Above-Elbow and Below-Elbow Amputations Jacob Bickels Yair Gortzak Yehuda Kollender Martin M. Malawer BACKGROUND Tumors of the upper extremity may cause extensive soft tissue and bone destruction and extend into…
Forearm Osteotomy for Multiple Hereditary Exostoses Carley Vuillermin Carla Baldrighi Scott N. Oishi DEFINITION Multiple hereditary exostoses (MHE), first described by Boyer3 in 1814, is a familial disorder with an…
Open and Arthroscopic Excision of Ganglion Cysts and Related Tumors Mitchell E. Nahra John S. Bucchieri DEFINITION Ganglion Cysts Ganglion cysts, although not true cysts, are the most common tumors…
Treatment of Enchondroma, Bone Cyst, and Giant Cell Tumor of the Distal Upper Extremity Edward A. Athanasian DEFINITION Enchondromas are benign cartilaginous neoplasms that are commonly seen in the medullary…
Surgical Treatment of Nerve Tumors in the Distal Upper Extremity Christopher L. Forthman Susanne Roberts Philip E. Blazar DEFINITION Nerve tumors make up less than 5% of tumors about the…
The Use of Free Vascularized Fibular Grafts for Reconstruction of Segmental Bone Defects Arik Zaretski Ravit Yanko-Arzi Yehuda Kollender Eyal Gur Jacob Bickels BACKGROUND Wide resection of long bone tumors…
Surgical Treatment of Vascular Tumors of the Hand Joshua Choo Dean Louis Morton Kasdan DEFINITION Vascular tumors are diverse and often have a confusing nomenclature. Part of the confusion resides…
Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Melanoma of the Hand Patrick Cole Yoav Kaufman Jason Petrungaro DEFINITION Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and melanoma are malignant transformations of normal epidermal cells in either…
Soft Tissue Coverage of Fingertip Amputations Jennifer Etcheson Jeffrey Yao DEFINITION A fingertip injury or amputation involves trauma to the finger distal to the distal interphalangeal (DIP) crease. The fingertip…
Rotational and Pedicle Flaps for Coverage of Distal Upper Extremity Injuries L. Scott Levin DEFINITION A flap is a composite of tissue (ie, skin, fascia, muscle, bone, or combination) that…
