Background: The purpose of this study was to identify demographic data, medical
comorbidities, and perioperative factors that are associated with increased risk of overall …

Purpose Infection after distal radius fracture fixation can be a devastating complication,
leading to potential hardware removal, prolonged antibiotic courses, multiple office visits …

Purpose Trigger finger release (TFR) is a commonly performed procedure in hand surgery.
Trigger finger release has a high success rate, but recurrence can occur. Data on revision …

Purpose There is no consensus on which risk factors are most predictive for complications
following open reduction internal fixation of distal radius fractures (ORIF-DRF) in an …

Introduction Surgical site infection (SSI) is the most common and costly complication of
surgery. International guidelines recommend topical alcoholic chlorhexidine (CHX) before …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between smoking and
delayed radiographic union after hand and wrist arthrodesis procedures. We hypothesized …

Background: We aimed to determine the relationship between common preoperative
comorbidities and subsequent incidence of postoperative surgical site infections (SSIs) in …

Purpose To investigate the health-related factors and analyze the expression of epigenetic
related genes and inflammatory genes in metabolic syndrome Trigger Finger (TF) and …

Background: Hand and wrist injuries can cause painful, everyday obstacles for patients.
Carefully indexing preoperative patient health conditions may better inform surgical care …

Purpose Surgical fixation of olecranon fractures can lead to soft-tissue complications and
return to the operating room for hardware removal. While some risk factors of complications …