Subcutaneous Ulnar Nerve Transposition
Rothman Institute
Asif M. Ilyas, MD
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Program Director of Hand Surgery
Thomas Jefferson University
In this case, Dr. Asif Ilyas at the Rothman Institute performs a subcutaneous ulnar nerve transposition.
Flexor Digitorum Superficialis to Flexor Digitorum Profundus (STP) Transfer, Adductor Release, and Z-Plasty for a Pediatric, Stroke-Induced Left Hand Spastic Contracture
Hospital Leonardo Martinez, Honduras
Sudhir B. Rao, MD
Big Rapids Orthopaedics
Mark N. Perlmutter, MS, MD, FICS, FAANOS
Carolina Regional Orthopaedics
The patient in this case is a 15-year-old female who had a stroke several years ago and now has a left hand spastic contracture. Here, Dr. Rao and Dr. Perlmutter perform an STP transfer, an adductor release, and a Z-plasty to lengthen the flexor tendons of the hand and repair her thumb-in-palm deformity. This case was performed during a surgical mission to Honduras with the World Surgical Foundation.
Bone Graft for Non-Union of Right Thumb Proximal Phalanx Fracture
Hospital Leonardo Martinez, Honduras
Sudhir B. Rao, MD
Big Rapids Orthopaedics
Mark N. Perlmutter, MS, MD, FICS, FAANOS
Carolina Regional Orthopaedics
The patient in this case is an 11-year-old female who fractured the thumb of her dominant hand 1 year ago and now has a well-established non-union of the head of the proximal phalanx of her right thumb. Here, Dr. Rao and Dr. Perlmutter repair the fracture by harvesting a bone graft from the patient’s iliac crest and transplanting it into the fracture site. This case was performed during a surgical mission in Honduras with the World Surgical Foundation.
Bilateral Syndactyly Release of Third and Fourth Fingers
Hospital Leonardo Martinez, Honduras
Sudhir B. Rao, MD
Big Rapids Orthopaedics
Mark N. Perlmutter, MS, MD, FICS, FAANOS
Carolina Regional Orthopaedics
The patient in this case is a 1-year-old female with complex syndactyly of the right hand and simple syndactyly of the left hand. Here, Dr. Rao and Dr. Perlmutter release both sides, with the right side involving a full-thickness skin graft taken from the patient’s groin crease. This case was filmed during a surgical mission with the World Surgical Foundation in Honduras.
Mako Robotic Arm Assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty
Tufts Medical Center
Jeffrey S. Zarin, MD
Chief, Division of Arthroplasty
In this case a 66-year-old patient presents with arthritis predominantly in the medial compartment. Dr. Jeffrey Zarin explains how to use the Mako robot to precisely plan and perform a total knee arthroplasty surgery on this patient. Preoperatively, he uses a CT scan to create a model of the patient in order to determine the appropriate implant size, and intraoperatively, he utilizes the Mako robot to assist in ligament and gap balancing, perform the osteotomies, and make precise corrections.
Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of a Diaphyseal Humeral Fracture
Michael Weaver MD
Clinical Instructor, Harvard Medical School Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Dr. Weaver treats a periprosthetic humeral spiral fracture using contoured plating. The posterolateral approach helps prevent dissection of the triceps for adequate exposure of the fracture.
Diagnostic Hip Arthroscopy
Scott D. Martin, MD
Associate Professor,
Department of Orthopedic Surgery,
Brigham and Women’s/Mass General Health Care Center at Foxborough
Portal Placement for Hip Arthroscopy
Scott D. Martin, MD
Associate Professor,
Department of Orthopedic Surgery,
Brigham and Women’s/Mass General Health Care Center at Foxborough
Intramedullary Nail for Open Tibial Fracture
Michael Weaver, MD
Clinical Instructor, Harvard Medical School
Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Retrograde Femoral Intramedullary Nail for Periprosthetic Fractuce
Michael Weaver, MD
Clinical Instructor, Harvard Medical School
Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital