podcasts – fingerphonic

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. Saltzman BM, Frank JM, Slikker W, Fernandez […]

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. Luchetti R, Atzei A, Cozzolino R, Fairplay T. Current role of open reconstruction of the scapholunate ligament. J […]

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. Gehrmann SV, Windolf J, […]

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. Freeland AE, Hardy MA, Singletary S. Rehabilitation for proximal phalangeal fractures. J Hand Ther. 2003 Apr-Jun;16(2):129-42. Review. PubMed […]

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. […]

Prosper Benhaim, MD, FACS (UCLA) discusses his experience with various treatments for Dupuytren’s contracture including needle aponeurotomy and collagenase injection. (20 minutes) related reading recommended by the featured guest Pess GM, Pess RM, Pess RA. Results of needle aponeurotomy for Dupuytren contracture in over 1,000 fingers. J Hand Surg Am. 2012 Apr;37(4):651-6. PubMed PMID: 22464232. […]

Roy Meals, MD (UCLA) discusses his experience with the hematoma distraction arthroplasty and other procedures for arthritis at the base of the thumb. (17 minutes) related reading recommended by the featured guest Kuhns CA, Emerson ET, Meals RA. Hematoma and distraction arthroplasty for thumb basal joint osteoarthritis: a prospective, single-surgeon study including outcomes measures. J […]