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It's never too soon to start thinking about #ASSH27! President Dr. Peter Murray chose Program Chairs Dr. Baltzer and Dr. Brogan to craft a program you won't want to miss. Join us in San Antonio, TX, from Oct. 7-9, 2027!
#HandSurgery #ASSH #SaveTheDate #ASSH27
September 26, 2026 at 3:46 PM
massconvention.com
Boston welcomes the @handsociety.bsky.social! 🎉 We’re excited to host the 81st ASSH Annual Meeting at the Hynes Convention Center, bringing the hand surgery community together September 17–19. #ASSH2026 #HandSurgery #SurgeryConference #HynesConventionCenter #MCCA
September 17, 2026 at 4:02 PM
mededcases.bsky.social
🚨 The four Kanavel signs suggest pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis:

• Fusiform swelling
• Finger held in slight flexion
• Tenderness along the flexor tendon sheath
• Pain with passive extension

#FlexorTenosynovitis #HandInfection #EmergencyMedicine #HandSurgery #ClinicalExamination
September 13, 2026 at 12:36 AM
journals.sagepub.com
When is a volar plate not enough for distal radius fractures?

Explore new research in HAND’s Editor’s Choice article: https://ow.ly/NwfF50ZFRoO

#HandSurgery #VolarPlate
September 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM
alafairbiosciences.bsky.social
Visit us throughout ASSH 2026:
Alafair Biosciences - Booth #818 Ensemble Orthopedics - Booth #1528

#ASSH2026 #HandSurgery #ThumbReconstruction #SoftTissueProtection #VersaCoatFlowableHydrogel #VersaWrapHydrogelSheet #VersaCoat #VersaWrap
September 9, 2026 at 6:48 PM
alafairbiosciences.bsky.social
@alafairbiosciences

#ASSH2026 #HandSurgery #SoftTissueProtection #VersaCoatFlowableHydrogel #VersaWrapHydrogelSheet #VersaCoat #VersaWrap
September 9, 2026 at 6:16 PM
mededcases.bsky.social
High-pressure injection injuries can look deceptively minor—but they are surgical emergencies.

Read: mededcases.com/high-pressur...

Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2iM...

#HandInjury #EmergencyMedicine #HandSurgery #MedicalEducation #Trauma
September 1, 2026 at 8:15 PM
ryckiewade.bsky.social
Does this suprise you?

🔍 93% of surgeons order pre-op tests (mostly EDx)
⚠️ Only 6% follow expert consensus to use both EDX & ultrasound
🔪 6 in 10 still operate even if tests are normal

doi.org/10.1177/1753...

#CubitalTunnel #HandSurgery #NerveCompression
July 23, 2026 at 8:56 PM
mededcases.bsky.social
🦴 Bennett fracture is an intra-articular fracture at the base of the first metacarpal that often causes the thumb to become unstable because the larger bone fragment is pulled out of alignment by the abductor pollicis longus tendon.

#Orthopedics #HandSurgery #MedicalEducation #Anatomy #MSK
July 22, 2026 at 4:07 PM
mededcases.bsky.social
🖐️ Musculoskeletal Anatomy Challenge!

Which structure passes through the carpal tunnel?

💬 Drop your answer in the comments below!

#Anatomy #SportsMedicine #MedicalEducation #Orthopedics #HandSurgery
July 3, 2026 at 11:18 AM
mededcases.bsky.social
🖐️ Radial-sided wrist pain can be difficult to localize. The Radial Grind Test loads the scaphotrapeziotrapezoidal (STT) joint by passively radially deviating the wrist, helping reproduce pain associated with STT joint arthritis

#Orthopedics #HandSurgery #SportsMedicine #WristPain #MedicalEducation
July 1, 2026 at 8:59 PM
mededcases.bsky.social
The Press Test is a simple maneuver used to evaluate the TFCC

The patient pushes up from a chair using both hands. Reproduction of ulnar-sided wrist pain is considered a positive test.

#WristPain #SportsMedicine #HandSurgery #Orthopedics #SportsMedicine
June 12, 2026 at 12:25 PM
hannielynn1.bsky.social
6 more weeks. #motosky #handsurgery #orthopedics
June 4, 2026 at 6:53 PM
mededcases.bsky.social
Which tendon is most commonly used for reconstruction?

A. Extensor digiti minimi
B. Extensor indicis proprius
C. Flexor carpi radialis
D. Palmaris longus

#MusculoskeletalAnatomy #HandSurgery #SportsMedicine #Orthopedics #MedicalEducation
May 31, 2026 at 11:40 AM
mededcases.bsky.social
A 27-year-old cyclist presents with dorsal wrist pain and a painful “clunking” sensation after a fall onto an outstretched hand. MRI reveals disruption of the scapholunate ligament.

Comment your answer below 👇

#WristAnatomy #HandSurgery #SportsMedicine #Orthopedics #MedicalEducation #anatomy
May 27, 2026 at 10:54 PM
mededcases.bsky.social
The lunate is a central carpal bone that plays a major role in wrist stability and force transmission between the forearm and hand.

Limited vascular supply, vulnerable to AVN, known as Kienböck disease.

WikiSM: wikism.org/Lunate

#Anatomy #HandSurgery #Orthopedics #SportsMedicine #Radiology
May 23, 2026 at 6:19 PM
espraseurope.bsky.social
The FESSH Congress in Basel, 3rd - 6th June

The upcoming FESSH Congress in Basel, 2026, focuses on "Restoration of the Balance to improve Hand Function". 
https://fessh2026.com #FESSH #handsurgery #ESPRAS #strongertogether #basel
May 19, 2026 at 6:02 PM
mededcases.bsky.social
🧠 MSK Anatomy Challenge!

Which of the following BEST describes the function of the extensor hood mechanism of the fingers?

#Musculoskeletal #Anatomy #HandSurgery #SportsMedicine #MedicalEducation
May 11, 2026 at 9:41 AM
mededcases.bsky.social
Which nerve branch is commonly referred to as the “million dollar nerve” because injury to it during carpal tunnel surgery can cause severe thenar muscle dysfunction?

#Anatomy #HandSurgery #Orthopedics #MedicalEducation #Musculoskeletal
May 10, 2026 at 10:34 AM
mededcases.bsky.social
Which structure passes through the split of the flexor digitorum superficialis tendon at Camper’s chiasm? 🤔

Drop your answer in the comments before checking the explanation 👇

#Anatomy #Musculoskeletal #Orthopedics #HandSurgery #MedicalEducation
May 9, 2026 at 9:46 PM
sarazlifechoicez.bsky.social
Three weeks out and I'm trying to manage my oompa loompa fingers.

Just a gal🙋🏻‍♀️my #LifeChoices 💯🎯 & 📅 #ADayInMySingleLife #TakingIt1DayAtATime #HandSurgery #MedicalLeave #LookForThePositive #RestAndRecuperation #SelfCare #Grateful #LookForThePositive #GodLoveAndLaughter #NowWhereIsMyDietSoda 🥤⁉️📛💋
April 28, 2026 at 3:03 AM
mededcases.bsky.social
Flexor pollicis longus rupture typically presents with an inability to actively flex the interphalangeal joint of the thumb,

Read: wikism.org/Flexor_Polli...

#MedicalEducation #MedEd #Physio #ATC #Orthopedics #surgery #physiotherapy #handsurgery
February 18, 2026 at 12:47 AM
dccfencerman1962.bsky.social
Tune in #WBAL-TV11 tomorrow morning, Sat., Feb. 14th at 6:25 a.m. as hand surgeon Dr. Ryan Katz of The Shoulder, Elbow, Wrist & Hand Center at Mercy appears live in-studio to discuss hand microvascular surgery. #handsurgery
@wbaltv11.bsky.social
www.wbaltv.com/article/heal...
Microsurgery repairs the smallest of vessels | Here's how
Microsurgery is used to repair the smallest of vessels, and it has come a long way.
www.wbaltv.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:04 PM
madanaro.bsky.social
All laid out and ready to sew…after I get the bandages off next Tuesday, unless I am feeling particularly bored and stubborn. Surgery one of two all done, but it does slow me down a tad. 🤷🏼‍♀️

#quiltsky #quilting #quiltblocks #figtreefabrics #handsurgery #tendonreconstruction
Quilt blocks in white and tan with red and green accents, laid out on a wooden floor. A hand bandaged in green medical tape.
December 12, 2025 at 11:36 AM
laurahamilton.bsky.social
Beautiful Dupuytren’s pretentious and spiral cord today with ulna digital nerve curving underneath, over the A1 pulley which was unusual. It then curved back through the middle at the PIPJ. Just when you think you know #Dupuytrens! #handsurgery
Chonky line of Dupuytrens scar tissue in the palm Dupuytrens tissue lifted up in a flap to show digital nerve curving underneath it.
November 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM