Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release

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…

Failed Cubital Tunnel Surgery

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…

Fingertip Amputation

April 16, 2014

Fingertip Amputation The benefit of a simple reattachment in patients not candidates for microvascular reimplantation. Treatment Options for Damaged Fingertips Treatment options for freshly damaged fingertips that are completely detached range from noninvasive wound cleansing, simple bandaging and observation, to shortening the end of the finger or thumb and closing…

Dog Sledding

February 12, 2014

Dog Sledding- You haven’t worked hard until you have “worked like a dog.” I recently had the fabulous experience of dog sledding near Whitefish, MT, with Dog Sled Adventures, 406-881-BARK (www.dogsledadventuresmontana.com). Seven hundred pounds of individuals and sled and cold weather gear being pulled by 10 small, athletic dogs at…

Faking of Test Results

January 29, 2014

Faking of Product Test Results in the Making of Drugs When I prescribe a drug, I expect it to do its job with no increased risk of side-effects in the time typically expected for that drug to take action. An article in the Wall Street Journal on January 28, 2014,…