A J Thurston

Summary

Affiliation: Wellington School of Medicine
Country: New Zealand

Publications

  1. ncbi Hamato-lunate impingement: an uncommon cause of ulnar-sided wrist pain
    A J Thurston
    Department of Surgery, Wellington School of Medicine, Wellington, New Zealand
    Arthroscopy 16:540-4. 2000
  2. ncbi Of blood, inflammation and gunshot wounds: the history of the control of sepsis
    A J Thurston
    Department of Surgery, Wellington School of Medicine, New Zealand
    Aust N Z J Surg 70:855-61. 2000
  3. ncbi Bone spurs: mechanism of production of different shapes based on observations in Dupuytren's diathesis
    Alan J Thurston
    Department of Surgery, Wellington School of Medicine, Wellington, New Zealand
    ANZ J Surg 72:290-3. 2002
  4. ncbi 'Ao' or eponyms: the classification of wrist fractures
    Alan J Thurston
    Department of Surgery and Anaesthesia, Wellington School of Medicine, Wellington South, New Zealand
    ANZ J Surg 75:347-55. 2005
  5. ncbi Safety of silicone liquid in the postoperative management of Dupuytren's contracture
    A J Thurston
    Department of Surgery, Wellington School of Medicine, New Zealand
    Aust N Z J Surg 67:347-50. 1997
  6. ncbi Conservative and surgical treatment of tennis elbow: a study of outcome
    A J Thurston
    Department of Surgery, Wellington School of Medicine, New Zealand
    Aust N Z J Surg 68:568-72. 1998
  7. ncbi The bacterial colonisation of silicone oil used in the management of wounds of the hands--a source of nosocomial infection?
    A J Thurston
    The Department of Surgery, Wellington School of Medicine, PO Box 7343, Wellington South, New Zealand
    Hand Surg 7:21-6. 2002
  8. ncbi Paré and prosthetics: the early history of artificial limbs
    Alan J Thurston
    Department of Orthopaedic and Hand Surgery, Wellington School of Medicine, Wellington, New Zealand
    ANZ J Surg 77:1114-9. 2007

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Publications8

  1. ncbi Hamato-lunate impingement: an uncommon cause of ulnar-sided wrist pain
    A J Thurston
    Department of Surgery, Wellington School of Medicine, Wellington, New Zealand
    Arthroscopy 16:540-4. 2000
    ..The pain could be reproduced by a modification of the Lichtman test. The diagnosis was confirmed by arthroscopy. All 4 patients responded favorably to resection of the head of the hamate...
  2. ncbi Of blood, inflammation and gunshot wounds: the history of the control of sepsis
    A J Thurston
    Department of Surgery, Wellington School of Medicine, New Zealand
    Aust N Z J Surg 70:855-61. 2000
    ..This was led by Domagk (1895-1964; sulfonamides) and was followed by Sir Alexander Fleming (1881-1955), Sir Howard Walter Florey (1898-1968) and Sir Ernest Boris Chain (1906-1979; penicillin) and Selman Waksman (1888-1973; actinomycin)...
  3. ncbi Bone spurs: mechanism of production of different shapes based on observations in Dupuytren's diathesis
    Alan J Thurston
    Department of Surgery, Wellington School of Medicine, Wellington, New Zealand
    ANZ J Surg 72:290-3. 2002
    ....
  4. ncbi 'Ao' or eponyms: the classification of wrist fractures
    Alan J Thurston
    Department of Surgery and Anaesthesia, Wellington School of Medicine, Wellington South, New Zealand
    ANZ J Surg 75:347-55. 2005
    ..In the presence of all of this confusion it is not surprising that a Swiss group, Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen, has classified wrist fractures into groups of As, Bs and Cs...
  5. ncbi Safety of silicone liquid in the postoperative management of Dupuytren's contracture
    A J Thurston
    Department of Surgery, Wellington School of Medicine, New Zealand
    Aust N Z J Surg 67:347-50. 1997
    ..There are no reports in the literature of the safety of the use of silicones applied to open wounds...
  6. ncbi Conservative and surgical treatment of tennis elbow: a study of outcome
    A J Thurston
    Department of Surgery, Wellington School of Medicine, New Zealand
    Aust N Z J Surg 68:568-72. 1998
    ....
  7. ncbi The bacterial colonisation of silicone oil used in the management of wounds of the hands--a source of nosocomial infection?
    A J Thurston
    The Department of Surgery, Wellington School of Medicine, PO Box 7343, Wellington South, New Zealand
    Hand Surg 7:21-6. 2002
    ..There was no evidence that wounds were being re-infected from the oil. The conclusion was that silicone oil remains a safe medium in which to exercise injured hands...
  8. ncbi Paré and prosthetics: the early history of artificial limbs
    Alan J Thurston
    Department of Orthopaedic and Hand Surgery, Wellington School of Medicine, Wellington, New Zealand
    ANZ J Surg 77:1114-9. 2007
    ..What began as a modified crutch with a wooden or leather cup and progressed through many metamorphoses has now developed into a highly sophisticated prosthetic limb made of space-age materials...