Richard L. Hutchison

Diagnosis of cubital tunnel syndrome.

THE PATIENT A 51-year-old anesthesiologist complains of intermittent numbness or tingling in the ring and small fingers of his nondominant hand for 1 year with occasional medial elbow pain that radiates to the ulnar side of the hand. The symptoms are worse with activity and have gradually increased in frequency and severity, and in the last 3 months became nocturnal and now constant. He has no history of upper extremity injury and has no systemic disease. Examination shows tenderness in the retro-condylar groove without ulnar nerve instability and decreased light touch in the ulnar 2 digits along with weakness of the ulnar innervated intrinsic muscles without atrophy.

Astley Cooper: his life and surgical contributions.

Sir Astley Paston Cooper (1768-1841) was a successful and influential British surgeon during the early decades of the 19th century. He was a dedicated anatomist, an accomplished researcher, an inspiring teacher, and a skillful surgeon. Cooper published about the cause and treatment of Dupuytrens disease 10 years before Dupuytren. His contributions were widespread and substantially advanced the understanding and treatment of breast disease, vascular aneurysms, and abdominal wall hernias, along with orthopedic, otologic, and hand surgery. His contributions to surgical science have endured and are being used today.

Upper Extremity Injuries in Homer's Iliad

Homers Iliad remains a fascinating source of medical history. This epic poem, compiled around 800 BCE, describes several weeks of the last year of the 10-year siege of Troy (Ilion) by the Achaeans. Homer composed the epic by combining and formalizing oral poems, legends, customs, and experiences that originated in the later Mycenaean age (1600-1100 bce). The story centers on the rage of the great warrior Achilles. The Iliad remains the oldest record of Greek medicine and a unique source of surgical history. This study examines the upper extremity injuries described in the Iliad and compares them to those other sites of injury.

Thrombosis of digital arteries associated with tamoxifen use: case report.

Arterial thrombosis in the upper extremity occurs often at the wrist. We report a unique case of thrombosis that involved multiple digital arteries, without radial or ulnar artery involvement, which developed only after using tamoxifen despite chronic occupational blunt percussive hand use. Revascularization was achieved after thrombectomy. Multiple digital arterial thromboses may complicate the use of tamoxifen.

Erratum to: 6-week radiographs unsuitable for diagnosis of suspected scaphoid fractures (Arch Orthop Trauma Surg, (2016), 136, (771-778), 10.1007/s00402-016-2438-4)

Wint, John M. Erickson, John McAuliffe, John T. Capo, John Taras, Jose A. Ortiz, Julie Adams, Karl-Josef Prommersberger, Kevin M. Rumball, Kyle D. Bickel, Lior Paz, Lisa Lattanza, Louis Catalano III, M. Jason Palmer, Marc J. Richard, Marco Rizzo, Maurizio Calcagni, Maximillian Soong, Megan M. Wood, Michael Baskies, Michael Behrman, Michael Darowish, Michael Nancollas, Michael W. Grafe, Michael W. Kessler, Miguel A. Pirela-Cruz, M. P. Bekerom, Naquira Escobar Luis Felipe, Nathan Hoekzema, Oleg M. Semenkin, Patrick W. Owens, Philip Blazar, Ralph M Costanzo, Ramon de Bedout, Renato M. Fricker, Richard L. Hutchison, Richard S. Gilbert, Rick Papandrea, Robert R. Slater, Robert R. L. Gray, Ryan Klinefelter, Ryan P. Calfee, Sander Spruijt, Sanjeev Kakar, Saul Kaplan, Seth Dodds, Stephen A. Kennedy, Steven Beldner, T. Apard, Taizoon Baxamusa, Thomas G. Stackhouse, Todd Siff, W. Arnnold Batson, Warren C. Hammert. Erratum to: Arch Orthop Trauma Surg (2016) 136:771–778 DOI 10.1007/s00402-016-2438-4