Courtesy: Scott Kozin, Dan Zlotolow, Shirner’s hospital for Children, USA Children with distal arthrogryposis often are born with fixed clasped thumbs (Metacarpophalangeal joint flexion contractures). Children with the more common Amyoplasia-type of Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenital (AMC) rarely have clasped thumbs. Instead, they get flexion deformities at the carpometacarpal (CMC) joint of the thumb. The results […]
Medial Epicondyle Fracture Fixation in the Lateral Decubitus Position
Courtesy: Scott Kozin, Dan Zlotolow, Shirner’s hospital for Children, USA Medial Epicondyle Fracture Fixation (Pediatric) – Stepwise Approach 1. Indications for Surgery Absolute / Strong Indications Fragment incarcerated in the joint Associated elbow dislocation Ulnar nerve symptoms Relative Indications Displacement >5 mm (controversial threshold) Elbow instability (valgus instability) High-demand patients: Throwing athletes Weight-bearing upper […]
Thumb Reorientation Osteotomy for thumb-in-palm deformity
Courtesy: Scott Kozin, Dan Zlotolow, Shirner’s hospital for Children, USA Children with Amyoplasia often suffer from limited hand use due to a thumb-in-palm deformity. The thumb is underpronated and flexed at the carpometacarpal (basal) joint. The thumb reorientation osteotomy corrects all aspects of the apposition of the thumb by pronating, extending, and abducting the thumb […]
Quick Post operative Exam of Upper Extremity
Courtesy: Prof Nabil Ebraheim, University of TOledo, Ohio, USA
All about COVID- 19 and CoronaVirus
Courtesy: Osmosis.org
Partial Pectoralis Major Flexorplasty for Amyoplasia
Courtesy: Scott Kozin, Dan Zlotolow, Shirner’s hospital for Children, USA The partial pectoralis major flexorplasty muscle transfer is the best option for providing elbow flexion to patients with Amyoplasia who lack a latissimus dorsi.
Hip Impingement: Considerations for Joint Preserving Surgery
Courtesy: Robert L Parisien MD, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York
Rotational Osteotomy for Radioulnar Synostosis
Courtesy: Scott Kozin, Dan Zlotolow, Shirner’s hospital for Children, USA Congenital synostosis of the forearm is generally well tolerated, as most children are born with their forearms stuck in a neutral position. For children with a moderate to severe forearm pronation or supination contracture, a rotational osteotomy can set forearm rotation to a more useful […]
Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome and Hip Labral Tears
Courtesy: Sean Meredith MD, University of Maryland, Baltimore, US
Stress Strain Curve for the FRCS Orth
Courtesy: Quen Tang, FRCS Orth, UK
Free Body Diagram Principles for FRCS Tr&Orth
Nerve Compressions Of The Upper Extremity
Courtesy: Prof Nabil Ebraheim
Non-Union? Let’s Solve It!
Courtesy: AO Trauma North America Moderator: Raymond D. Wright, Jr., MD Professor Orthopaedic Trauma Fellowship Director Associate Residency Program Director Department of Orthopaedic Surgery University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center Lexington, Kentucky Faculty: Mitchell Bernstein, MD, FRCSC, FAAOS Assistant Professor Orthopedic Trauma & Limb Deformity McGill University Health Center Co-Director, Limb Deformity Unit, Shriners Hospital […]
Acute Scaphoid Fractures
Courtesy: AO Trauma, Ashok Shyam, IORG, OrthoTv Scaphoid Fractures – Evaluation, Treatment & Nonunion Management Overview Common wrist injury, especially in adolescents and young adults Usually occurs after a fall on an outstretched hand Early diagnosis is critical to prevent nonunion and avascular necrosis Management depends on: Fracture displacement Stability Blood supply Presence of […]
Triple Arthrodesis for Cavus Foot
Courtesy: Anand Vora, MD, (Chicago, IL) and Arthrex Inc