Courtesy: Dan Zlotolow, Shirner’s hospital for Children, USA ARTHROGRYPOSIS MULTIPLEX CONGENITA Spectrum of disorders (symptom complex) • Diminished fetal movements • Congenital joint stiffness • Varying degrees of muscle weakness INTRODUCTION • Greek word means “bent joint“ • Condition first described in 1841 • The term ‘Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita’ coined by WG Stern in 1923 […]
Flexor Pronator Slide for Spasticity
Courtesy: Scott Kozin, Dan Zlotolow, Shirner’s hospital for Children, USA This video demonstrates the surgical technique for a Flexor Pronator Slide for a young girl with Spasticity. Spasticity can result from cerebral palsy, brain tumors, traumatic brain injury, and stroke. All of the flexor muscles are released from their origin, requiring a transposition of the […]
Cleft Hand Reconstruction using the Snow-Littler Technique
Courtesy: Scott Kozin, Dan Zlotolow, Shirner’s hospital for Children, USA
OATs Procedure for an OCD Lesion of the Capitellum
Courtesy: Dan Zlotolow, Shirner’s hospital for Children, USA Repetitive load to the outside of the elbow, common in pitchers, gymnast, and wrestlers, can lead to a breakdown of the blood supply to the capitellum of the elbow joint. The capitellum is the end of the humerus bone on the lateral column, articulating with the radial […]
The Embryology Behind Congenital Hand Differences
Courtesy: Dan Zlotolow, Shirner’s hospital for Children, USA
Diagnostic Elbow Arthroscopy for OCD lesion of the Capitellum
Courtesy: Scott Kozin, Dan Zlotolow, Shirner’s hospital for Children, USA Diagnostic Elbow Arthroscopy for Capitellar OCD Lesion Overview Diagnostic arthroscopy performed for: Osteochondritis Dissecans of Capitellum Common in: Young patients Purpose: Assess cartilage integrity Identify loose bodies Evaluate lesion stability Patient Positioning Position: Lateral decubitus Landmarks Identified and Marked Ulnar nerve Medial epicondyle Lateral […]
Subtalar Dislocation
Courtesy: Prof Nabil Ebraheim, USA
Volar Opening Wedge Osteotomy for Distal Radius Malunion
Nailing for Ulnar Fractures
Courtesy: Mark Richard MD and Accumed LLC
Cervical Disc Herniation
Courtesy: Prof Nabil Ebraheim, University of Toledo, Ohio, USA
Entrapment Neuropathies around the Shoulder
Courtesy: Prof Nabil Ebraheim
Dynamic Suzuki Frame External Fixator for PIPJ injuries
Courtesy: Vaikunthan Rajaratnam, Hand Surgeon, Singapore
Role of Open Surgery in Recalcitrant Tennis Elbow
Courtesy: Vaikunthan Rajaratnam, ISSHCON Commentary: Prof Gelberman
The Turco Procedure for Late Presenting Clubfoot
Courtesy: Premal Naik, Paed Ortho Surgeon, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India Surgery for CTEV is decreasing in current times and many students have never seen this surgery during their training. PMR for CTEV is a gold standard surgery and still performed globally in patients who do not respond to Ponseti method of casting or have clubfoot along […]
Scapholunate Ligament Injuries
Courtesy: Vaikunthan Rajarathnam, Hand Surgeon