Distal Radius Fractures in Elderly Patients

Wrist Arthritis

* https://fingerphonic.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/means-wrist-arthritis.mp3 [https://fingerphonic.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/means-wrist-arthritis.mp3] * KENNETH R. MEANS, MD (CURTIS NATIONAL HAND CENTER) DISCUSSES TREATMENT OF WRIST ARTHRITIS. (13 MINUTES) * RELATED READING RECOMMENDED BY THE FEATURED GUEST * Garcia-Elias M, Lluch AL, Stanley JK. Three-ligament tenodesis for the treatment of scapholunate dissociation: indications and surgical technique. J Hand Surg Am. 2006 Jan;31(1):125-34. PubMed PMID: 16443117. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16443117] * Saltzman BM, Frank JM, Slikker W, Fernandez JJ, Cohen MS, Wysocki RW. Clinical outcomes of proximal row carpectomy versus four-corner arthrodesis for post-traumatic wrist arthropathy: A systematic review. J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2014 Oct 7. pii: 1753193414554359. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25294736. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16443117]

Scapholunate Instability

* https://fingerphonic.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/slutsky-scapholunate-instability.mp3 [https://fingerphonic.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/slutsky-scapholunate-instability.mp3] * DAVID SLUTSKY, MD (HARBOR UCLA) DISCUSSES TREATMENT OF SCAPHOLUNATE INSTABILITY. (16 MINUTES) * RELATED READING RECOMMENDED BY THE FEATURED GUEST * Slutsky DJ. Current innovations in wrist arthroscopy. J Hand Surg Am. 2012 Sep;37(9):1932-41. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2012.06.028. Review. PubMed PMID: 22916867. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22916867] * Luchetti R, Atzei A, Cozzolino R, Fairplay T. Current role of open reconstruction of the scapholunate ligament. J Wrist Surg. 2013 May;2(2):116-25. doi: 10.1055/s-0033-1343092. PubMed PMID: 24436803; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3699272. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24436803]

Distal Radius Fractures in Elderly Patients

* https://fingerphonic.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/moss-eldery-distal-radius-fractures.mp3 [https://fingerphonic.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/moss-eldery-distal-radius-fractures.mp3] * DAVID MOSS, MD (GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY) DISCUSSES TREATMENT OF ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURES. (14 MINUTES) * RELATED READING RECOMMENDED BY THE FEATURED GUEST * Shah AS, Verma MK, Jebson PJ. Use of oral vitamin C after fractures of the distal radius. J Hand Surg Am. 2009 Nov;34(9):1736-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2009.08.013. PubMed PMID: 19896015. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=19896015] * Gehrmann SV, Windolf J, Kaufmann RA. Distal radius fracture management in elderly patients: a literature review. J Hand Surg Am. 2008 Mar;33(3):421-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2007.12.016. Review. PubMed PMID: 18343302. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=18343302]

Effective Hand Therapy

* https://fingerphonic.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/schultz-effective-hand-therapy.mp3 [https://fingerphonic.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/schultz-effective-hand-therapy.mp3] * Karen Schultz, MS OTR CHT FAOTA (Rocky Mountain Hand Therapy) discusses five critical elements of effective hand therapy. (17 minutes) * related reading recommended by the featured guest * Brand P, Yancy P.  The Gift of Pain.  Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1997. [http://www.amazon.com/Gift-Pain-The-Paul-Brand/dp/0310221447] * Freeland AE, Hardy MA, Singletary S. Rehabilitation for proximal phalangeal fractures. J Hand Ther. 2003 Apr-Jun;16(2):129-42. Review. PubMed PMID: 12755164. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Freeland+AE%2C+Hardy+MA%2C+Singletary+S.+Rehabilitation+for+proximal+phalangeal+fractures.+J+Hand+Ther.+2003+Apr-Jun%3B16(2)%3A129-42.+Review.+PubMed+PMID%3A+12755164.]

Ulnar Nerve Compression at the Elbow

* https://fingerphonic.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/hammert-cubital-tunnel.mp3 [https://fingerphonic.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/hammert-cubital-tunnel.mp3] * WARREN HAMMERT, MD (UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER) DISCUSSES CONSERVATIVE, OPEN, AND ENDOSCOPIC MANAGEMENT OF ULNAR NERVE COMPRESSION AT THE ELBOW. (17 MINUTES) * RELATED READING RECOMMENDED BY THE FEATURED GUEST * Giladi AM, Gaston RG, Haase SC, Hammert WC, Lawton JN, Merrell GA, Nassab PF, Song JW, Yang LJ, Chung KC; Surgery of the Ulnar Nerve Study Group. Trend of recovery after simple decompression for treatment of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2013 Apr;131(4):563e-73e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e318282764f. PubMed PMID: 23542274 [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=23542274] * Goldfarb CA, Sutter MM, Martens EJ, Manske PR. Incidence of re-operation and subjective outcome following in situ decompression of the ulnar nerve at the cubital tunnel. J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2009 Jun;34(3):379-83. doi: 10.1177/1753193408101467. Epub 2009 Mar 25. PubMed PMID: 19321524 [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=19321524]