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August 15, 2016
Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release Endoscopic carpal tunnel release (ECTR) is preferred over mini-open release. Despite the overwhelming advantage of endoscopic carpal tunnel release over open technique which involves much greater tissue injury, discomfort, and delay in return to work, there is still a controversy among many surgeons. Most of them…
August 4, 2016
Failed Cubital Tunnel Surgery Recurrent or persistent cubital tunnel/ulnar nerve symptoms or failed cubital tunnel surgery. Risk of Cubital Tunnel Syndrome Recurrence For the past 10 years there has been a lot of interest in the failure rate of cubital tunnel surgery. In review of the English literature up to…
July 19, 2016
Research demonstrates that there is an increased risk of infection and reduced rate of healing among people who smoke. A person has to be away from cigarettes/tobacco for a month before the negative wound effects of it are eradicated from a person's body. No wonder spine surgeons refuse to operate…
June 25, 2015
Completion of Cast Fundamentals Workshop Dena, the nurse here at Nebraska Hand & Shoulder Institute, P.C., has obtained her certificate from the National Association of Orthopaedic Technologists on 3/26/15 for completing a cast fundamentals workshop. Dena has been employed at Nebraska Hand & Shoulder Institute, P.C. for over 14 years.…
May 5, 2015
Arthroscopy for tennis elbow anybody? As Americans we like choices. Some surgeons pursue impractical choices of treatment for patients. One of them is arthroscopic treatment of tennis elbow. Another is radiofrequency lesioning and yet another one for general purposes is platelet-rich plasma. Platelet-rich plasma may well have a role, but…
