X-rays show the thumb bone embedded on the top of the forearm, appearing in scans as an extra small bone just below the wrist. Once the bone was safely back inside the man, doctors worked to stem ...

A 10-year-old female patient with no pertinent medical or surgical history presented to the orthopedic hand surgeon 2.5 weeks after hitting the dorsal aspect of her left thumb on her desk while ...

A man’s hand was ripped and burned by a machine at work, then doctors put his thumb bone in his forearm to keep it alive for reconstruction ...

To bring you these 11 facts about the thumb, Mental Floss spoke with three experts on this unique digit: Barbara Bergin, an orthopedic surgeon in Houston; Loren Fishman, medical director of ...

Cobbler David Lee underwent toe-to-thumb reconstruction, meaning surgeons replaced a thumb he lost with one of his big toes. (left) (Image credit: UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF DERBY AND BURTON) ...

Maryland surgeons rebuilt a patient's entire thumb last month using a bone from his knee and a toe.MedStar Union Memorial Hospital Drs. James Higgins and Ryan Katz of the Curtis National Hand ...

RECONSTRUCTION of the burned hand starts at the time of the initial dressing. ... This also brings the thumb well away from the index finger into a position of opposition.

§Thumb sidedness reported in 3 studies ... Clinical Outcomes After Autograft Reconstruction for Chronic UCL Injury Study No. Subjects Time to Surgery, wk Length of Follow-Up, mo ...

MIAMI, March 17, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Pain relief is more available than ever for treating a painful arthritic thumb, thanks to the development of ever-newer technologies, says Miami-based ...

LRTI stands for ligament reconstruction and tendon interposition. It’s a type of surgery for treating arthritis of the thumb, a common type of arthritis in the hand. Joints are formed where two ...