Jan Paul Frölke 14/03/2025

Surgical technique of a bone-anchored prosthesis for transhumeral amputees

Oper Orthop Traumatol. 2025 Mar 14. doi: 10.1007/s00064-025-00894-w. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: Fixating an arm prosthesis with a transcutaneous bone anchor provides a more comfortable and stable attachment than conventional socket-attached prosthetics. The objective is that bone ancho

J Jan Paul Frölke
Murat S Alagoz 14/03/2025

HAND PERFORATORS: AN ANATOMICAL STUDY

Plast Reconstr Surg. 2025 Mar 14. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000012063. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Perforator flaps, now used in various parts of the body, serve as a crucial option for the reconstruction of defects in the hand region, often caused by tumor resections, trauma, or burns.

M Murat S Alagoz
Joanna Chen 14/03/2025

Building Surgical Capacity Sustainably in Resource-Constrained Ghanaian Hospital: A 7-Year Update on the Creation of an Outpatient Local Anesthetic Operating Room

Ann Plast Surg. 2025 Mar 10. doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000004245. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Ghana serves a population of over 5.4 million people. The number of operating rooms creates a bottleneck to accessing surgical care. In a previously

J Joanna Chen
Teruhisa Mihata 13/03/2025

Superior capsule reconstruction using 8mm-thick fresh-frozen fascia lata graft for irreparable supraspinatus and infraspinatus tendon tears: A cadaveric biomechanical study

J Orthop Sci. 2025 Mar 12:S0949-2658(25)00072-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jos.2025.02.007. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Superior capsule reconstruction (SCR) was developed to restore superior glenohumeral stability and function to shoulder joints with irreparable rotator cuff tears. Previous biom

T Teruhisa Mihata
Liang Cheng 13/03/2025

Polydopamine-modified hydroxyapatite and manganese tetroxide nanozyme incorporated gelatin methacryloyl hydrogel: A multifunctional platform for anti-bacteria, immunomodulation, angiogenesis, and enhanced regeneration in infected wounds

Int J Biol Macromol. 2025 Mar 11:141834. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2025.141834. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIntensive inflammation induced via bacterial infection seriously disturb the immune-microenvironment and compromise the neovascularization in the skin wound. On the basis of reducing bacterial

L Liang Cheng
Daniela Frankel 13/03/2025

Mohs micrographic surgery reduces the risk of reconstruction with positive margins, repeat surgeries, and time to definitive reconstruction compared to conventional excision of hand and foot melanomas: a retrospective cohort study

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2025 Mar 11:S0190-9622(25)00430-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2025.03.012. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Hand and foot melanomas (HFM) have increased risk for positive margins after conventional excision (CE). Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) may improve margin clearance prio

D Daniela Frankel
Giulia Bernante 12/03/2025

Reconstruction of hand surgical wounds after pseudo-syndactyly correction or squamous cell carcinoma resection in patients affected from epidermolysis bullosa: a monocentric experience with a collagen-elastin dermal matrix substitute

Dermatol Reports. 2025 Feb 6;17(1). doi: 10.4081/dr.2024.10016. Epub 2024 Oct 25.ABSTRACTIn patients with epidermolysis bullosa (EB), surgery may be required to remove squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the hands or to correct pseudo-syndactyly. Dermal substitutes may represent a suitable tool to prom

G Giulia Bernante
Saskia J M Kamphuis 12/03/2025

Case Series: Free vascularized costochondral grafts in upper extremity reconstruction

Front Surg. 2025 Feb 25;12:1478253. doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2025.1478253. eCollection 2025.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Costochondral grafting is well-known reconstructive option for the temporomandibular joint. In the upper extremity, non-vascularized costochondral grafts have been used for radial head reconst

S Saskia J M Kamphuis