Mallet finger is one of the most common closed tendon injuries of the hand. It occurs when the distal phalanx is held in extension while a flexion force is applied across the joint. The trauma results ...

Objective Transcortical pores and the bare area have been suggested as structural determinants of bone erosions in rheumatoid ...

IN CIVILIAN life, acute suppurative tenosynovitis and trauma to the joint phalanges are the most common causes of loss of flexor function in the hand. Loss of flexor function means loss of the "hook ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . New hand osteoarthritis classification criteria from EULAR discriminate between interphalangeal and thumb base ...

One day, Kathy, a 62-year-old accountant, found herself staring at her hands. The second joint (PIP or proximal interphalangeal joint) on her right index and four first joints (DIP or distal ...

BONE changes in frostbitten extremities have been described only rarely in the medical literature, and before World War II, most cases documented by radiographic studies were from Europe. In a recent ...

Mucous cysts are pseudocysts (cystic structures lacking a true lining) that usually appear on the middle or index finger of the dominant hand; toe involvement is uncommon. Although most mucous cysts ...