Cases and Mailbag

About this episode

Chuck and Chris discuss recent travels and various hand surgery cases while answering listener questions.

Chuck and Chris catch up on recent travels including the Pediatric Hand Study Group meeting in Atlanta. We discuss a few cases including a 5th CMC fracture dislocation, a 5+ year old scaphoid nonunion, a nightstick fracture, and more. We also respond to listener submitted questions including 4th compartment tenosynovitis, CMC arthritis with MCP hyperextension including the role of CMC fusion, and ulnar nerve transposition. We are still in need of a podcast intern! We would a...

People in this episode

Hosts: Chuck, Chris

Topics covered

• hand surgery
• case discussions
• listener questions
• medical education
• orthopedics

Keywords

• CMC fracture dislocation
• scaphoid nonunion
• nightstick fracture
• tenosynovitis
• CMC arthritis
• ulnar nerve transposition

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pediatric Hand Study Group

Places: Atlanta

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