Patient Education > Recent News > Wrist Patient Education Topics: Wrist | Wrist FAQs Recent News No Surgical Treatment Best for Kienbock's Disease   Treatment for Wrist Fractures in Older Adults   Mayo Surgeons Review Surgical Treatment of Wrist Septic Arthritis   Can Titanium Plates Be Left in the Body Safely?   Kienbock's Disease: Staging and Treatments   Wrist Fracture: Experts Say to Take Vitamin C   Sports Specialists Must Be Prepared for Athletes' Wrist Injuries   The Times Are A Changing With Today's Seniors   The Value of Arthroscopic Surgery for Septic Wrist Arthritis   Wrist Fracture in Medicare Patients   Review of Surgery Versus Casting for Acute Scaphoid Fractures   Surgery or Casting for Acute Nondisplaced Scaphoid Waist Fracture?   New Information About Gout Affecting the Wrist   Getting High-Level Athletes with Triangular Fibrocartilage Tears Back Into Action   de Quervain's Remains a Puzzle   High Percentage of Partial Osseous Coalition   Traditional Treatment of Kienbock's Disease Remains Most Satisfactory For Now   What's the Best Treatment for Painful and Severely Limiting Wrist Arthritis?   Static Progressive Stretch May Improve Motion in Wrist Stiffness   All-Inside Arthroscopic Techniques May Improve Treatment of Wrist Pain   Treatment of Avascular Necrosis of the Carpal Bones Continues to Evolve   Surgery for Kienböck's Disease Still a Mystery   Arthroscopic Surgery for Dorsal Wrist Impingement   Treatment of Wrist Deformity Caused by Advanced Rheumatoid Arthritis   Diagnosis and Treatment of Perilunate Dislocations   Radial Shortening for Kienbock Disease Effective for Most Patients   No Statistical Difference Between Arthoscopic and Open Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex Tears   No Benefit Found from Operative Treatment of Acute Scaphoid Fracture   Comparing Open Versus Arthroscopic Surgery for Wrist Ganglion   Long-Term Follow-Up After Wrist Surgery for Kienböck's Disease   Wrist Motion and Wrist Function: Are They Directly Related?   Difficulty Diagnosing Wrist Dorsal Radiocarpal Ligament Tears   Two Case Studies of Patients with Flexor Tendon Injury Following Locked Volar Plating   New Discovery About Wrist Pain in Athletes   Update on Diagnosis and Treatment of de Quervain Tenosynovitis   Update on Treatment for Wrist Fractures   No Easy Solution for Wrist and Hand Arthritis   Easing Pressure on Hand Bone in People with Kienbock's Disease Appears Effective for Some Patients   Review of Surgical Treatment for Scaphoid Nonunion   Closed Surgery Is Suboptimal for Chronic Scapholunate Instability   Early Surgery May Be Needed For Rheumatoid Arthritis   Location of Fracture Determines Deformity in Wrist   Upper Extremity Conditions: Work-Related or Not?   Wrist Fusion After Injury: Trading Motion for Pain Relief   Scaphoid (Wrist) Fractures: Surgery or Cast   Wrist Fusion Does Not Stop Pain   Report of Pisiform Removal for Painful Wrist Arthritis   Simple Tests for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome   A Spike in De Quervain Disease Among Volleyball Players   Splinting as a "First" Defense Against Carpal Tunnel Syndrome   Older Adults Benefit from Carpal Tunnel Release   Heat Wrap for Wrist Injuries   Wrist Angles That Help Wrist and Thumb Tendons   Results of Ganglion Removal with Arthroscopy   When a Wrist Fracture Doesn't Heal Right   Long-Term Results of Surgery for Kienbock's Wrist Disease   When Failed Wrist Replacements Result in Wrist Fusions   Typing on a Slope May Be Easier on the Wrists   Treatment Decisions for Advanced Wrist Arthritis   Surgeons Hit the Delete Button on a Row of Wrist Bones   Comparing Wrist Fusion to Wrist Replacement   Newly Designed Wrist Implant Shows Improved Results   New, Improved Wrist Implant Maximizes Hand and Finger Function   Remaining Partial toward Wrist Fusion   Steroid Injection for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Forecasts Surgery Success   An Open and Closed Case For Kienbock's Disease   MRI Gives a Welcome Hand to Kienbock's Disease   Pressure Gauge for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome   Take Two Aspirations, Then Call the Surgeon   Children Play the Game and Pay the Price   All That Hurts and Tingles Isn't Always Carpal Tunnel Syndrome   "Dynamic" Splints Improve Forearm Movement after Fracture   Cementing a New Treatment for Wrist Fractures   Wrist Surgery Served Up on New Plates   Common Thread between the Wrist and Knee   Thinking Twice about Carpal Tunnel Surgery   Wrestling with Wrist Pain: What is a "Normal" Arthrogram Worth?   Give My Wrist a Break--And a New Name   Unveiling the Shroud around Carpal Tunnel Surgery   Out of Body Experience for Bone Cancer Treatment in Japan   X-Ray Twisting Your Arm? Here's Why   Pianists with de Quervain's Disease Play a Happy Tune   Squeezing Scissors Enlarges Wrist Nerve   The Finger Bone's Connected to the...Wrist Bone   How Common Is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?   Wave Hello to a New Procedure for Keeping Arthritic Wrists Flexible after Surgery   Righting the Wrist: A Block and Pins May Do the Trick   Go with the Flow: A Simpler Way to Restore Circulation in Wrists with Kienböck's Disease   A Split Keyboard May Help You Avoid a Splitting Wrist Ache   Ganglion Cysts in Children Are Worth Watching   In the Hands of Snowboarders, Wrist Braces Can Help   Want Your Wrist Surgery to Take? Put Down That Cigarette   Grasping for Solutions to Avoid Carpal Tunnel Surgery   A Faster Fix for Wrist Fractures   Getting a Grip on Treatment Choices for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome   Back to Top The information contained within these pages is the property of the Medical Multimedia Group L.L.C. and we retain all rights regarding its content. Alteration of these documents in any way is a violation of the copyright. Dr. Joseph Bosco is a board certified orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine, knee, shoulder and elbow surgery, including skiing injuries, elbow reconstruction, rotator cuff repair, shoulder arthroscopy, knee arthroscopy and elbow arthroscopy. His primary practice is located at The New York University Medical Center in New York City. He also maintains an office in Queens, New York.

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