ABPS Surgery of the Hand case studies
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The ABPS Surgery of the Hand examination - commonly called the Hand Surgery Examination, or HSE - is a multiple-choice certifying assessment offered by The American Board of Plastic Surgery for surgeons who want to demonstrate specialty-level competence in hand and upper-extremity surgery. It is aimed at plastic surgeons navigating the Board's hand surgery initial certification pathway, and at diplomates maintaining hand surgery certification through recertification. The ABPS Surgery of the Hand case studies are 5 cases and about 2,802 words.
1Complete Syndactyly With Shared Nail in a Toddler
A 14-month-old boy is brought by his parents for a right-hand deformity. The long and ring fingers are joined along their entire length, the nails are fused, and plain radiographs show a shared distal phalanx with a bony bridge at the tuft.
613 words, about 3 min2Distal Radius Fracture With Median Nerve Symptoms in an Anticoagulated Elderly Patient
A 72-year-old woman who lives alone falls onto her outstretched right wrist. She has osteoporosis and atrial fibrillation and takes apixaban.
553 words, about 3 min3High Ulnar Nerve Laceration in a Carpenter
A 34-year-old right-hand-dominant man sustained a glass laceration at the mid-humerus 10 days ago. The ulnar nerve was repaired primarily.
571 words, about 3 min4Delayed Zone II Flexor Tendon Laceration in a Violinist
A 28-year-old violinist lacerated the volar aspect of the left index finger at the proximal phalanx 3 weeks ago with a kitchen knife. The wound healed but he cannot flex the distal interphalangeal joint; the proximal interphalangeal joint flexes weakly.
555 words, about 3 min5Flexor Tenosynovitis in a Diabetic Dialysis Patient
A 58-year-old man with type 2 diabetes and end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis presents with a 2-day history of a swollen, red, tender left long finger. He had a minor thorn prick 5 days ago.
510 words, about 3 min