The April 2012 Shoulder &
A total of 33 children were treated for acute traumatic dislocation of the
1 . Twenty-one cases of poliomyelitis and twenty cases of brachial plexus injury in which muscle transplantations had been performed to restore
We used ultrasonography in ten children with pulled
The October 2014 Shoulder &
The August 2013 Shoulder &
The August 2012 Shoulder &
Ten patients with 13 ankylosed
Eighty
Seven pectoralis major transfers in children suffering from bilateral paralysis of
We carried out a survival analysis of
The transfer of part of the ulnar nerve to the musculocutaneous nerve, first described by Oberlin, can restore flexion of the
1. Isolated dislocation of the radius at the
1. The possibilities in the treatment of the
The February 2014 Shoulder &
Aims. Our purpose was to determine the quality of current randomised
controlled trials (RCTs) in hand surgery using standardised metrics. Materials and Methods. Based on five-year mean impact factors, we selected the six journals
that routinely publish studies of upper extremity surgery. Using
a journal-specific search query, 62 RCTs met our inclusion criteria.
Then three blinded reviewers used the Jadad and revised Coleman Methodology
Score (RCMS) to assess the quality of the manuscripts. Results. Based on the Jadad scale, 28 studies were of high quality and
34 were of low quality. Methodological deficiencies in poorly scoring
trials included the absence of rate of enrolment, no power analysis,
no description of withdrawal or dropout, and a failure to use validated
outcomes assessments with an independent investigator. Conclusion. A large number of RCTs in hand, wrist, and
Between 1990 and 1996 we performed 20 consecutive ulnohumeral arthroplasties for primary osteoarthritis of the