Background: A 58-year-old woman presented with arthritis of the small joints of her hands and rapidly progressive joint contractures. She was wheelchair bound within 2 months of the onset of her ...

Because of the increased risk of complications and potential for recurrence associated with invasive surgical techniques, there has been renewed interest in simple fasciotomy to treat flexion ...

Epidemiological reports show that this condition predominantly affects older men of northern European descent, but it is also common in the Taiwanese population and in some areas of Japan, although ...

Fascia, the fibrous connective tissue that literally holds the body together, is one of the unsung heroes of human anatomy. The stringy, white substance – which is basically sheets of connective ...

LYMPHANGITIS, deep-fascial-space abscess and acute suppurative tenosynovitis are the major infections of the hand. Usually, one of these conditions exists in a single patient. However, on rare ...

K.W. is an active 92-year-old, right-handed, Caucasian female with nodule and contracture formation of the right palmar fascia with extension to the metacarpophalangeal (MCP) and proximal ...

Background A 58-year-old woman presented with arthritis of the small joints of her hands and rapidly progressive joint contractures. She was wheelchair bound within 2 months of the onset of her ...