THE JOURNAL OF
JANUARY 1978
HAND SURGERY
Official journal
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE HAND VOLUME 3, NUMBER 1
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November, 1978
Copyright © 1978 by the American Society for Surgery of the Hand
ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS
Pathogenesis of Dupuytren's contracture: A correlative clinical pathological study Hak Fai Chiu, M.B.B.S., and Robert M. McFarlane, M.D., London, Ontario, Canada
The acute effects of tourniquet ischemia on tissue and blood gas tensions in the primate limb Stephen H. Miller, M.D., Richard J. Lung, M.D., William P. Graham, III, M.D., Thomas S. Davis, M.D., and Irena Rusenas, B.S., Hershey, Pa.
Experimental intrinsic healing of flexor tendons based upon synovial fluid nutrition G. Lundborg, M.D., Ph.D., and F. Rank, M.D., Goteborg and Malmo, Sweden
Nutrient pathways to flexor tendons using hydrogen washout technique Paul R. Manske, M.D., Leo A. Whiteside, M.D., and Peggy A. Lesker, B.S., St. Louis, Mo.
Recovery of function in free muscle transplants using microneurovascular anastomoses J. K. Terzis, M.D., F.R.C.S.(C.), Bronx, N. Y., R. C. Sweet, B.Sc., R. W. Dykes, PhD., and H. B. Williams, M.D., F.R.C.S.(C.), Montreal, Quebec, and Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Rectus femoris muscle and composite skin transplantation by microneurovascular anastomoses for avulsion of forearm muscles: A case report Robert R. Schenck, M.D., Chicago, Ill.
Complications of surgical release for carpal tunnel syndrome Rodney I. MacDonald, Captain, Me, USN, San Diego, Calif., David M. Lichtman, Commander, MC, USN, Bethesda, Md., Jon J. Hanlon, Lieutenant Commander, MC, USN, and James N. Wilson, M.D., San Diego, Calif.
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Intraoperative changes in motor nerve conduction latency in carpal tunnel syndrome William W. Eversmann, Jr., M.D., Lieutenant Colonel, MC, USA, and Joseph A. Tirsick, M.D., Major, Me, USA, Denver, Colo.
Personal observations on the role of the lumbrical muscles in carpal tunnel syndrome Michael E. Jabaley, M.D., Jackson, Miss.
Technical problems with ulnar nerve transposition at the elbow: Findings and results of reoperation Arnold S. Broudy, M.D., Robert D. Leffert, M.D., and Richard J. Smith, M.D., Boston, Mass.
Injury to the brachial plexus as a result of diagnostic arteriography Richard M. Braun, M.D., John Newman, F.R.C.S., and Becky Thacher, O.T.R., Downey, Calif.
Chronic recurrent dislocation of the proximal interphalangeal joint of the finger Andrew K. Palmer, M.D., and Ronald L. Linscheid, M.D., Rochester, Minn.
Treatment of colloid milium of the hand by dermabrasion David B. Apfelberg, M.D., David Druker, M.D., Bart Spence, M.D., Morton R. Maser, M.D., and Harvey Lash, M.D., Palo Alto, Calif.
Universal microsurgical operating table Leonard Gordon, M.D., and Harry J. Buncke, M.D., San Francisco, Calif.
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Polydactyly of the thumb: Abnormal anatomy and treatment Thomas W. Marks, M.D., and Loui G. Bayne, M.D., Atlanta, Ga.
Osteochondritis dissecans and brachymesophalangia: A hereditary syndrome Lars Andren, M.D., Nils Carstam, M.D., and Bjarne Linden, M.D., Malmo, Sweden
Microvascular second toe transfer for digital reconstruction Bernard O'Brien, M.S., F.R.A.C.S., Alan M. MacLeod, F.R.A.C.S., Philip J. Sykes, F.R.C.S., Frank S. C. Browning, F.R.C.S., and George N. Threlfalt, F.R.A.C.S., Melbourne and Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
Common variations of the radial wrist extensors James A. Albright, M.D., New Haven, Conn., and Richard M. Linburg, M.D., Hartford, Conn.
Bilateral extraosseous chondromas of the hand in a patient with chronic renal failure A. Lee Delton, M.D., Sharon Whelan Weiss, M.D., and William E. Mitch, M.D., Baltimore, Md.
An experimental approach to the mechanism of scaphoid waist fractures E. R. Weber, M.D., M.S., Little Rock, Ark., and E. Y. Chao, Ph.D., Rochester, Minn.
Chronic fracture-subluxation of the proximal interphalangeal joint William R. Donaldson, M.D., Medford, Mass., and Lewis H. Millender, M.D., Brookline, Mass.
Results following removal of silicone trapezium metacarpal implants Andreas Weilby, M.D., and Jan S~ndorf, M.D., Copenhagen, Denmark
Evaluation of freeze-dried flexor tendon grafts in the dog Austin D. Potenza, M.D., and Charles Melone, M.D., Norfolk, Va.
The effect of devascularization on the regeneration of lacerated peripheral nerves: An experimental study Roger J. Starkweather, M.D., Robert J. Neviaser, M.D., John P. Adams, M.D., and Diane B. Parsons, Ph.D., Washington, D.C.
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Percutaneous recordings from peripheral nerves (preliminary communication) Foad Nahai, M.D., and Steven L. Wolf, Ph.D., Atlanta, Ga.
Closed system venography in the evaluation of upper extremity hemangiomas John H. Geiser, MAJ, MC, USA, and William W. Eversmann, Jr., LTC, MC, USA, Denver, Colo.
The lupus hand: A new surgical approach D. E. Hastings, M.D., F.R.C.S.(C.), and J. A. Evans, M.D., F.R.C.S.(C.), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Bowen's disease of the nail bed: A case presentation and review of the literature Bruce K. Defibre, Jr., CPT, MC, USN, San Diego, Calif.
Ulnar tunnel syndrome from giant cell tumor of tendon sheath: A case report Cauley W. Hayes, Jr., M.D., Chattanooga, Tenn.
An apparatus to assess function of the hand P. S. Walker, Ph.D., Rutherford, N. J., W. Davidson, M.D., San Diego, Calif., and M. J. Erkman, New York, N. Y.
Improved intravenous regional anesthesia for surgery of the hand, wrist, and forearm. The second wrap technique Lawrence M. Haas, M.D., and Fred H. Landeen, M.D., Tucson, Ariz.
Mutilating multidigital injuries: Use of a free microvascular flap from a nonreplantable part Bernard S. Alpert, M.D., and Harry J. Buncke, M.D., San Francisco, Calif.
Case report: False aneurysm of the hand secondary to digital amputation Vincent Hentz, M.D., Stanford, Calif., Ian Jackson, M.D., F.R.C.S., Glasgow, Scotland, and David Fogarty, M.D., Stanford, Calif.
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ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS
The detennination of moments for extension of the wrist generated by muscles of the forearm Lynn D. Ketchum, M.D., Kansas City, Kan., Paul W. Brand, F.R.C.S., David Thompson, Ph.D., and Gordon S. Pocock, M.A., Carville, La.
Von Frey's method of measuring pressure sensibility in the hand: An engineering analysis of Weinstein-Semmes pressure aesthesiometer Scott Levin, B.S., George Pearsall, Sc.D., and Robert J. Ruderman, M.D., Durham, N. C.
The hand in mixed connective tissue disease Richard A. Lewis, M.D., John P. Adams, M.D., N. L. Gerber, M.D., John L. Decker, M.D., and Diane B. Parsons, Ph.D., Washington, D. C., and Bethesda, Md.
Scaphotrapezial trapezoidal arthrosis E. Brown Crosby, M.D., Ronald L. Linscheid, M.D., and James H. Dobyns, M.D., Rochester, Minn.
Neurovascular free flaps from the foot for innervation of the hand Wayne A. Morrison, F.R.A.C.S., Bernard McC. O'Brien, M.S., F.R.A.C.S., Alan M. MacLeod, F.R.A.C.S., and Alain Gilbert, M.D., Melbourne, Australia
Treatment of trapeziometacarpal arthritis: Results of resection arthroplasty Paul C. Dell, M.D., Thomas M. Brushart, M.D., and Richard J. Smith, M.D., Boston, Mass.
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Open reduction of carpal dislocations: Indications and operative techniques David P. Green, M.D., and Eugene T. O'Brien, Colonel, USAF, MC, San Antonio, Texas
Digital contracture deformity after implantation of a silicone prosthesis: Light and electron microscopic study Andre Chamay, M.D., P.D., and G. Gabbiani, M.D., Geneva, Switzerland
Metastatic tumors of the hand: A report of six cases Kent K. Wu, M.D., and Edwin R. Guise, M.D., Detroit, Mich.
Chondrosarcoma of the trapezium: A case report W. Malcolm Granberry, M.D., and William Bryan, M.D., Houston, Texas
Osteoid osteoma of the carpal bones G. Fotoohi Ghiam, M.D., and F. William Bora, Jr., M.D., Philadelphia, Pa.
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS-AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE HAND
Hand surgery-the old order changeth R. M. McFarlane, M.D., London, Ontario, Canada
PROCEEDINGS
American Society for Surgery of the Hand
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The German-speaking Society for Surgery of the Hand H. Nigst
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Digital pulley reconstruction employing the always present rim of the 297 previous pulley Harold E. Kleinert, M.D., Louisville, Ky., and James B. Bennett, M.D., Houston, Texas
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Dupuytren's contracture J. E. Beltran, M.D., Ph.D., F.R.C.S.(Engl.), Barcelona, Spain
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Not in favor of standing to do hand surgery 299 Mack L. Clayton, M.D., Denver, Colo.
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Peripheral nerve hamartoma with macrodactyly in the hand: Report of 307 three cases and review of the literature Gary K. Frykman, M.D .. and Virchel E. Wood, M.D., Loma Linda. Calif.
Digital sensibility following replantation 313 Richard H. Gelberman, M.D., James R. Urbaniak, M.D., Donald S. Bright, M.D .. and L. Scott Levin. B.S., Durham, N. C.
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Polyarteritis: A cause of nerve palsy in the extremity 320 Robert J. Belsole, M.D., Tampa, Fla., Graham D. Lister, M.D., and Harold E. Kleinert, M.D., Louisville, Ky.
Anatomic dissections relating the posterior interosseous nerve to the 326 carpus, and the etiology of dorsal wrist ganglion pain A. Lee Dellon, M.D., Baltimore, M.D., and Sue S. Seij, M.A., Richmond, Va.
The mechanism of the intrinsic-minus finger: A biomechanical study 333 John E. Micks, M.D., James B. Reswick, Sc.D., and Donald L. Hager, M.D., Los Angeles, Calif.
Temperature monitoring in digital replantation 342 Craig R. Stirrat, M.D., Anthony V. Seaber, James R. Urbaniak, M.D., and Donald S. Bright, M.D., Durham, N. C.
Two families with congenital nail anomalies: Nail formation in 348 ectopic areas Takayuki Miura, Nagoya, Japan
Nutrient pathways to flexor tendons of chickens using tritiated proline Paul R. Manske, M.D., Keith Bridwell, M.D., and Peggy A. Lesker, B.S., St. Louis, Mo.
Osteoblastoma of the metacarpal: A case report John F. Mosher, M.D., and Arthur C. Peckham, M.D., Syracuse, N. Y.
Treatment of mallet finger due to intra-articular fracture of the distal phalanx Robert S. Hamas, M.D., Pittsburgh, Pa., Eugene D. Horrell, M.D., and Guy P. Pierrett, M.D., Detroit, Mich.
Flexor tenosynovectomy in the rheumatoid finger Donald C. Ferlie, M.D., and Mack L. Clayton, M.D., Denver, Colo.
Reconstruction of the unstable proximal interphalangeal joint: The double superficialis tenodesis Charles S. Lane, M.D., Los Angeles, Calif.
Duplication of palmar skin in a patient with multiple congenital deformities James H. Herndon, M.D., and Alfred B. Swanson, M.D., Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Chronic mallet finger: The use of Fowler's central slip release William H. Bowers, M.D ., and Lawrence C. Hurst, M.D., Chapel Hill , N. C.
Multiple volar carpometacarpal joint dislocation. Case report of traumatic volar dislocation of the medial four carpometacarpal joints in a child and review of the literature William B. Kleinman, M.D ., and S . Ashby Grantham, M.D ., New York, N. Y.
Medical and surgical importance of the arterial blood supply of the thumb Barbara J. Parks, M .D ., Juan Arbelaez , M.D., and Robert L. Horner, M.D., Denver, Colo .
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Unstable fracture dislocations of the proximal interphalangeal joint of 386 the fingers : A preliminary report of a new treatment technique John M. Agee, M.D., Davis, Calif.
Clinical and experimental studies on the effect of extensor carpi 390 radialis longus transfer in the rheumatoid hand Thomas Boyce, M.D., Youngil Youm , Ph.D., Bruce L. Sprague , M.D., and Adrian E. Flatt, M.D., Iowa City , Iowa
PROCEEDINGS
The autumn congress of the Societe Francaise de Chirurgie de la Main (G.E.M.), 1977 Paul Gallagher, Bristol, England
The Belgian Hand Group J . Fissette
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Phannacological alterations in the clotting mechanism: Use in microvascular surgery Lynn D. Ketchum, M.D., Kansas City, Kan.
Free muscle transplantation to provide active finger flexion Ralph T. Manktelow, M.D., F.R.C.S.(C.), and Nancy H. McKee, M.D., F.R.C.S.(C.), Rexdale, Ontario, Canada
Intraosseous wiring of the digital skeleton Graham Lister, F.R.C.S., Louisville, Ky.
Polydactyly and the triphalangeal thumb Virchel E. Wood, M.D., Loma Linda, Calif.
"Tie-in" trapezium prosthesis: Long-tenn results Norman K. Poppen, M.D., and John J. Niebauer, M.D., San Francisco, Calif.
Congenital arteriovenous fistulas of the hand Richard H. Gelberman, M.D., San Diego, Calif., and J. Leonard Goldner, M.D., Durham, N. C.
Infections following clenched-fist injury: A new perspective Ellie J. Goldstein, M.D., Timothy A. Miller, M.D., Diane M. Citron, B.S., and Sydney M. Finegold, M.D., Los Angeles, Calif.
Immune competence and diabetes mellitus: Pyogenic human hand infections Mark A. Mandel, M.D., Cleveland, Ohio
Closed tendon sheath irrigation for pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis Robert J. Neviaser, M.D., Washington, D. C.
Doppler hemodynamic assessment of obscure symptomatology in the upper extremity William S. Gross, M.D., and Dean S. Louis, M.D., Ann Arbor, Mich.
The moving two-point discrimination test: Clinical evaluation of the quickly adapting fiber/receptor system A. Lee Dellon, M.D., Baltimore, Md.
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The spiral oblique retinacular ligament (SORL) 482 James S. Thompson, M.D., Asheville, N. C., J. William Littler, M.D., New York, N. Y., and Joseph Upton, M.D., Boston, Mass.
Palmaris longus tendon transfer for augmentation of the thenar 488 musculature in low median palsy Richard M. Braun, M.D., San Diego, Calif.
The S-H-A-F-T syndrome in the upper extremity 492 Paul F. Wallace, M.D., and Clark S. Fitzmorris, Jr., M.D., St. Petersburg, Fla.
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The Australian Hand Club
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
More complications in carpal tunnel decompression Suman K. Das., F.R.C.S., F.R.C.S.E., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Reply Rodney I. MacDonald, Captain, MC, USN, San Diego, Calif.
Modified intravenous regional anesthesia Gary P. Crawford, M.D., Santa Barbara, Calif.
Reply Lawrence M. Haas, M.D., Tucson, Ariz.
The travesty and travail of anatomic nomenclature Crawford McKellar, F.R.C.S.Ed., F.R.A.C.S., Sydney, Australia
Reply Richard K. Johnson, M.D., and Marvin M. Shrewsbury, M.D., Las Gatos, Calif.
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Management of post-traumatic instability of the wrist secondary to ligament rupture Andrew K. Palmer, M.D., James H. Dobyns, M.D., and Ronald L. Linscheid, M.D., Rochester, Minn.
Interpositional arthroplasty for rheumatoid carpometacarpal joint disease Lewis H. Millender, M.D., Edward A. Nalebuff, M.D ., Peter Amadio, M.D., and Cynthia Philips, a.T.R., Boston, Mass.
Assessing ulnar instability of the metacarpophalangeal joint of the thumb Andrew K. Palmer, M.D., and Dean S. Louis, M.D., Ann Arbor, Mich.
A complete dislocation of the thumb metacarpal 1. Russell Moore , M.D., Charles A. Webb, Jr., M .D., and R . C. Thompson, M.D., Baltimore, Md .
Anomalous lumbrical muscles in the hand: A case report Frank Durksen, M.D., Winnipeg , Manitoba, Canada
Abductor digiti minimi opponensplasty in congenital radial dysplasia Paul R . Manske, M.D., St. Louis, Mo., and H. Reitan McCarroll, Jr., M .D. San Francisco, Calif.
Tendon transfers for radial nerve palsy: Use of superficial is tendons for digital extension Robert G. Chuinard, M.D., Davis, Calif., Joseph H. Boyes , M .D ., Herbert H. Stark, M.D., and Charles Ashworth, M.D., Los Angeles, Calif.
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A clinical study of forces generated by the intrinsic muscles of the index finger and the extrinsic flexor and extensor muscles of the hand Lynn D. Ketchum, M.D., Kansas City, Kan., David Thompson, Ph.D., Gordon Pocock, M.S., Carville, La., and Deborah Wallingford, Kansas City, Kan.
Aneurysmal bone cysts occurring in the metacarpals: A report of three cases William E. Burkhalter, M.D., Frederick C. Schroeder, M.D., Miami, Fla., and William W. Eversmann, Jr., M.D., Denver, Colo.
Malignant hemangioendothelioma in the hand: A case report Mukund R. Patel, M.D., Kotay C. Srinivasan, M.D., and Hubert S. Pearlman, M.D., Brooklyn, N. Y.
An experimental study on "replantation toxemia." The effect of hypothermia on an amputated limb Masamichi Usui, M.D., Seiichi Ishii, M.D., Ikuo Muramatsu, M.D., and Naoshi Takahata, M.D., Sapporo, Japan
IN APPRECIATION
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PROCEEDINGS
Spring meeting of the French Society for Surgery of the Hand R. Tubiana
BOOK REVIEW
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Fractured data? Donald L. Hager, M.D., Los Angeles, Calif.
Reply Lewis H. Millender, M.D., Brookline, Mass.
Another use for the Brewerton view Jefferson J. Kaye, M.D., and Graham D. Lister, F.R.C.S., Louisville, Ky.
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