ABOS Surgery of the Hand case studies
ABOS Surgery of the Hand · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS) offers a subspecialty certification in Surgery of the Hand, listed on the ABOS website alongside its other subspecialty area, Orthopaedic Sports Medicine. It is intended for orthopaedic surgeons who have completed the applicable training and certification prerequisites and who wish to document subspecialty knowledge in hand and upper-extremity surgery. The ABOS Surgery of the Hand case studies are 5 cases and about 4,052 words.
1The 71-Year-Old With a Dorsally Angulated Distal Radius and New Median Numbness
R is a 71-year-old retired teacher who lives alone and still drives. Six hours after a fall on an icy sidewalk she presents with a distal radius fracture showing 22 degrees of dorsal tilt, 4 mm of radial shortening, a 2 mm intra-articular step-off on sagittal CT, and dorsal comminution.
836 words, about 4 min2A Nine-Year-Old With a Malunited Little Finger Phalangeal Neck Fracture
A 9-year-old boy is referred five weeks after a fall on the playground. He was treated elsewhere in a ulnar gutter splint for a fracture of the neck of the little finger proximal phalanx.
803 words, about 4 min3Dupuytren Disease With a 50-Degree PIP Contracture in a Musician
A 64-year-old retired carpenter, right-hand dominant and an avid classical guitarist, presents with a 40-degree metacarpophalangeal contracture and a 50-degree proximal interphalangeal contracture of the right ring finger. The tabletop test is positive.
795 words, about 4 min4A 2.5 cm Volar Thumb Defect With Exposed Flexor Tendon in a Smoker
A 29-year-old right-handed machinist sustains a crush-avulsion injury to the volar right thumb. After debridement there is a 2.5 by 2 cm full-thickness defect extending from the interphalangeal flexion crease to 5 mm proximal to the nail fold.
806 words, about 4 min5A Solid Ulnar-Volar Wrist Mass After a Failed Aspiration
A 47-year-old woman presents with a slowly enlarging, mildly tender mass at the volar-ulnar aspect of the right wrist present for two years, with intermittent tingling of the small and ring fingers that is worse with wrist flexion. Tinel sign over the mass is positive and percussion reproduces pain radiating into the ulnar digits.
812 words, about 4 min