V Finsen

..Pinch between the thumb and the tips of fingers 4 and 5 was considerably reduced postoperatively, but similar in both groups. We conclude that 4 weeks of postoperative immobilization confers no detectable benefit...

..It is generally held that Dupuytren's disease is more common in northern than in southern Europe, but there are very few studies from southern European countries...

..These are difficult operations. We have employed a simpler procedure and wished to review our results with regard to healing and long-term clinical results...

..The reduction in score was strongly correlated with loss of the weight gained during pregnancy (r = 0.97; p <0.001). Although symptoms may persist for some weeks after delivery, the severity declines quickly...

..It was concluded that in cases where symptoms persist after steroid injection, surgery may be recommended. However, the risk of troublesome complications, even after this minor operation, should be borne in mind...

..Reconstruction of a flexor tendon takes a long time and causes many complications. Even so, it is indicated in motivated and fully informed patients because of a lack of other viable options...

..Since 1996 we have treated patients with trigger finger with corticosteroid injection as an alternative to surgery, on the basis of good results from this treatment reported in the literature. We wished to evaluate the results...

..In our patients use of the Forte plate seems to have given satisfactory clinical results, but the increase in volar tilt after surgery is a cause for concern...

..In Norway, conservative treatment is usually restricted to avoiding pressure on the painful area. We have used local injection with a mixture of corticosteroid and lidocaine in this condition...

..We have given seven to 14 days thrombosis prophylaxis after orthopaedic surgery. Recently, six weeks prophylaxis has been recommended. We wished to evaluate the implications of prolonging prophylaxis...

..We conclude that neurophysiological studies contribute little to the diagnosis in typical cases of carpal tunnel syndrome, and are more often confounding than of assistance...

..One permanent and one transient complication occurred after tourniquet times of three hours. The incidence of tourniquet complications is still at least as high as that estimated in the 1970s...

..cold intolerance after hand injuries is often debilitating. We wished to determine what factors make it more likely to occur and whether it improves or worsens with time...

..The surgeons had some difficulties when it was placed on the forearm. We therefore recommend placement of a tourniquet on the upper arm for operations on the hand and wrist which are carried out under local anaesthesia...

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..It has been demonstrated that the enclosure of money with a mailed questionnaire increases the response rate significantly. We evaluated scratch lottery tickets as an alternative to cash...

..We conclude that either method gives good long term results. Although few of the individual differences were statistically significant, we think that fusion with plates, and in particular plates with dorsal extension, is preferable...

..An excellent general result was reported by 34 patients, while 4 patients would not have consented to the operation if they had known the outcome in advance...

..The purpose of this study was to report the proportion of Norwegian obstetricians who have children born by cesarean section and to compare the rate with that among other physicians and that with the general population...