Although often perceived as a leisurely activity, golf can be a demanding sport, which can result in injury, usually from overuse and sometimes from poor technique. The shoulder is a commonly affected site, with the lead shoulder, or the left shoulder in the right-handed golfer, particularly vulnerable to injury. A thorough understanding of the biomechanics of the golf swing is helpful in diagn...

Complex fracture dislocations of the wrist often result in posttraumatic arthrosis. In trying to avoid total arthrodesis, alternative treatment strategies have been investigated. For this purpose, we present the case of a 56-year-old male patient who sustained a direct trauma during a circular saw accident, resulting in the destruction of the distal carpal row among other things. However, the p...

Background and Purpose: Arthrosis of the first MTP joint is a common condition. Among available arthrodesis methods, plate/screw screw methods are current treatment choice. In this study, we investigate whether there difference between these two methods.
 Methods: Thirty-four toes 32 patients with advanced arthrosis were included in study. Eighteen fixed plates/screws 16 cross-screws. radi...

Although degenerative joint disease is known to be very frequent in temperate climates and is responsible for a large proportion of the rheumatic complaints in old people, little information is available on its frequency in tropical and sub-tropical populations. Geographical studies undertaken in Northern Europe and America have indicated regional difference, the radiological changes of osteo-a...

Perilunate dislocations and perilunate fracture-dislocations usually result from high-energy traumatic injuries to the wrist and are associated with a characteristic spectrum of bony and ligamentous damage. Radiographic evaluation of the wrist reveals loss of normal radiocarpal and intercarpal colinearity and bony insult, which may be overlooked at the initial presentation. Prompt recognition i...

Talus fractures often lead to late post-traumatic arthrosis. In such cases, the use of latest generation, cementless prostheses has been hindered by the presence of avascular necrosis. We report the case of a 65-year-old patient who presented four years after a talus neck fracture. He had painful ankle arthrosis (AOFAS ankle-hindfoot score 19) and avascular necrosis, with collapse of the entire...

The purpose of the study was to assess the subjective outcome and five-year survival of non-cemented total joint replacement of the trapeziometacarpal joint with the Arpe prothesis. Forty-nine hands were operated on. Outcome scores were obtained with a mean follow-up of 6 years (range: 3-11 years) for 35 prostheses. Mean disability of the arm, shoulder and hand (DASH) score was 8, mean visual a...

Indications for small joint arthroscopy in the hand remain poorly understood. This is due to a paucity of papers discussing this technique in the literature, as well as inadequate hands on training in the pearls and pitfalls regarding this application within the commonly used "scope" of arthroscopy. Despite the fact that small joint arthroscopes have been available for over a decade, hand surge...