The Upper Hand: Chuck & Chris Talk Hand Surgery

Episoe 40, Season 2. Chuck and Chris are joined by Becky Neiduski, hand therapist and Dean of Health Sciences at Elon University. This is a live taping of the podcast with a great discussion of flexor tendon injuries including the surgeon and therapist perspective. Thanks to the ASHT for inviting and for sharing the recording!
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Season 2 Episode 43. Chuck and Chris review 3 new journal articles pertinent to the practice of hand surgery. Two are focused on steroid injection and the role this treatment has, especially in the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome. The third focuses on complications with local only surgery in a large database study.
Yoshiaki Yamanaka, MD, PhD, Takafumi Tajima, MD, PhD, Yoshitaka Tsujimura, MD, et al (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Fukuoka, Japan)
Molecular and Clinical Elucidation of the Mechanism of Action of Steroids in Idiopathic CarpalTunnel Syndrome J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2021;103:1777-87
Nikolas H. Kazmers, MD, MSE, Kate Peacock, MPH, Katelin B. Nickel, MPH, et al (University of Utah and Washington University Data Center) Comparison of Complication Risk Following Trigger Digit Release Performed in the Office Versus the Operating Room: A Population-Based Assessment
J Hand Surg Am. Vol. 46, October 2021
Manfred Hofer, BSc; Jonas Ranstam, PhD; Isam Atroshi, MD, PhD. (Department of Orthopedics, Kristianstad Hospital, Kristianstad, Sweden (Hofer, Atroshi);Department of Clinical Sciences–Orthopedics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden (Ranstam, Atroshi).) Extended Follow-up of Local Steroid Injection for Carpal Tunnel SyndromeA Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Network Open. 2021;4(10):e2130753. doi:10.1001
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Season 2 Episode 46. Chuck and Chris discuss TFCC injuries and repair. We briefly review examination diagnosis but the deep dive focuses on repair technique. The importance of foveal TFCC injury and repair is highlighted.
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Season 2 Episode 48. Chuck and Chris share and discuss a listener question about hand surgery call. We then continue to listener submitted segment and share our 3 most memorable cases and lessons for our younger selves.
This is our last episode for 2021. Looking forward to 2022!
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Season 3, Episode 12. Chuck and Chris take a deep dive on radial tunnel decompression. We discuss our preferred surgical technique and the pros and cons of the volar vs dorsal approaches.
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