Pediatric Upper Extremity Trauma

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 455-476
Author(s):  
Douglas S. Dedo
Keyword(s):  
Upper Extremity ◽  
Extremity Trauma ◽  
Upper Extremity Trauma

Microsurgical Tissue Transfer in Complex Upper Extremity Trauma

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 521-534
Author(s):  
Chao Chen ◽  
Zeng Tao Wang ◽  
Li Wen Hao ◽  
Lin Feng Liu
Keyword(s):  
Upper Extremity ◽  
Tissue Transfer ◽  
Extremity Trauma ◽  
Upper Extremity Trauma

Factors Associated with Primary and Secondary Amputation following Limb-Threatening Upper Extremity Trauma

2020 ◽  
Vol 145 (4) ◽  
pp. 987-999
Author(s):  
Femke Nawijn ◽  
Ritsaart F. Westenberg ◽  
Chris G. Langhammer ◽  
Neal C. Chen ◽  
Kyle R. Eberlin
Keyword(s):  
Upper Extremity ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Extremity Trauma ◽  
Upper Extremity Trauma ◽  
Secondary Amputation

Composite tissue transfer in upper extremity trauma

Injury ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 90-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danru Wang ◽  
L. Scott Levin
Keyword(s):  
Upper Extremity ◽  
Composite Tissue ◽  
Tissue Transfer ◽  
Extremity Trauma ◽  
Upper Extremity Trauma

scholarly journals A Systematic Review of Outcome Measures Assessing Disability Following Upper Extremity Trauma

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. e021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prakash Jayakumar ◽  
Mark Williams ◽  
David Ring ◽  
Sarah Lamb ◽  
Stephen Gwilym
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Upper Extremity ◽  
Outcome Measures ◽  
Extremity Trauma ◽  
Upper Extremity Trauma

scholarly journals The Efficiency of WhatsApp in Teleconsultation of Finger Vascularity in Hand Surgery

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (03) ◽  
pp. 163-167
Author(s):  
Sreekanth Raveendran ◽  
Binu Prathap Thomas ◽  
Visalakshi Jayaseelan
Keyword(s):  
Confidence Interval ◽  
Upper Extremity ◽  
Clinical Setting ◽  
Hand Surgery ◽  
Modern Medicine ◽  
Extremity Trauma ◽  
Academic Settings ◽  
Upper Extremity Trauma ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
Flap Cover

Abstract Background Teleconsultation over the smartphone is now widely used in modern medicine in the management of burns, flap cover, upper extremity trauma, and in the assessment of the feasibility of reimplantation in amputated fingers. The development of the WhatsApp application has enhanced the smartphone's efficiency remarkably to transmit images in clinical and academic settings with its failsafe and encrypted technology. In hand surgery, a teleconsultation technology must communicate details of finger vascularity effectively. However, there is a paucity of evidence on the functionality of these modern teleconsultation technologies in Hand Surgery. Here, the authors have estimated the efficiency of the WhatsApp teleconsultation in the assessment of finger vascularity. Materials and Methods In two phases, the authors transmitted clinical photographs of vascular and avascular fingers to experienced hand surgeons over the WhatsApp and asked them to assess the finger vascularity. The efficiency of the WhatsApp teleconsultation in assessing the details of finger vascularity was estimated from their responses. Results Despite 81.06% of the hand surgeons rating the vascular fingers on the transmitted photographs correctly, only 44.95% detected the avascular digits accurately; that is, 55.05% of the surgeons failed to diagnose the avascularity of fingers. This suggests serious implications in a clinical setting. The intra- and the inter-rater reliability values were 0.232 and 0.6086 (with 95% confidence interval), respectively, which indicated poor reliability of the WhatsApp teleconsultation regarding the assessment of finger vascularity. Conclusion The authors, therefore, conclude that WhatsApp is inadequate in teleconsultation given the value of vascularity details of the fingers in making a diagnosis in hand surgery.

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