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News

eOrthopod News brings you the latest information gathered from scientific journals, medical conferences and interviews with health care providers. Browse the latest information available about conditions and procedures involving the bones, muscles and joints.

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Successful Treatment of Thumb Arthritis 1 week 3 days ago 50
What Do We Need to Improve Treatment for Dupuytren Contracture? 2 weeks 3 days ago 42
Conflicting Evidence to Predict Surgical Outcome for Cubital Tunnel Syndrome 2 weeks 3 days ago 30
Treatment for Dupuytren Disease is Changing 2 weeks 3 days ago 52
The Use of Logic and Common Sense in Treating Thumb Arthritis 2 weeks 3 days ago 42
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Frequently Asked Questions

Got a question? eOrthopod FAQs brings you the answers to common questions about conditions and procedures involving the bones, muscles and joints. Browse the database of questions or use the search tool to find the information you need.

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Have you ever heard of using Gore-Tex to fill in the gap left when a bone in the wrist is removed? I'm asking because I'm going to have this procedure done and it strikes me that Gore-tex is used for lots of different things. Why not this? 1 week 3 days ago 6
Two years ago I had to give up knitting and crocheting because my right thumb just hurt too bad. My doctor tells me there's arthritis in the joint there. She suggested removing one of the bones (the trapezium) as a possible solution. I have several choices about what's done after they take the bone out. They can just leave the gap there. They can take a piece of tendon from my palm and stuff it in there. Or I guess they make commercial products that fit into the hole. What do you recommend? 1 week 3 days ago 18
What's the prognosis for Duputren hand contractures? I've had the problem for a couple of years and just ignored it. Now I've lost the ability to straighten my fingers and I'm sorry I didn't so something sooner. 2 weeks 3 days ago 10
When I was a little boy, I remember visiting my great-grandfather in Scotland. What I remember most was how gnarled his hands were. In fact, he could no longer open his right hand to shake hands with my father. I'm starting to develop some stiffness and difficulty laying my palm flat on the table. Could I be getting the same thing? 2 weeks 3 days ago 7
My wife is trying to talk me out of injection therapy for Dupuytren disease. She thinks it's too new, too expensive, and too unpredictable. What do you think? 2 weeks 3 days ago 11

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