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Chuck and Chris discuss patients with dupuytrens disease (in office and in the OR) including our protocols for care after formal surgery. We also discuss some challenges with needle procedures in the office.  We touch on our trial of AI for clinic note generation and look forward to listener comments.  And finally, we touch on leadership with a deep dive on the HBR article: The New Rules of Executive Presence by Sylvia Ann Hewlett.  This article compares leadership criteria from 2012 to 2022 and the differences in priorities are great discussion points. Subscribe to our newsletter:  https://bit.ly/3iHGFpD See www.practicelink.com/theupperhand for more information from our partner on job search and career opportunities. See https://checkpointsurgical.com or www.nervemaster.com for information about the company and its products as well as good general information about nerve pathology.   Please complete our Survey: bit.ly/3X0Gq89 As always, thanks to @iampetermartin for the amazing introduction and conclusion music. Complete podcast catalog at theupperhandpodcast.wustl.edu.  

Chuck and Chris catch up on with listener submitted questions and then discuss the volar approach to the scaphoid for scaphoid nonunions. Subscribe to our newsletter:  https://bit.ly/3iHGFpD See www.practicelink.com/theupperhand for more information from our partner on job search and career opportunities. See https://checkpointsurgical.com or www.nervemaster.com for information about the company and its products as well as good general information about nerve pathology.   Please complete our Survey: bit.ly/3X0Gq89 As always, thanks to @iampetermartin for the amazing introduction and conclusion music. Complete podcast catalog at theupperhandpodcast.wustl.edu.  

Chuck and Chris catch up on with listener submitted questions on technical aspects of two procedures: a deep dive on CMC arthroplasty with suture tape suspension and the indications for subcutaneous vs submuscular ulnar nerve transposition.  We close with a brief discussion of  medial epicondyle fractures with ulnar nerve pathology. Subscribe to our newsletter:  https://bit.ly/3iHGFpD See www.practicelink.com/theupperhand for more information from our partner on job search and career opportunities. See https://checkpointsurgical.com or www.nervemaster.com for information about the company and its products as well as good general information about nerve pathology.   Please complete our Survey: bit.ly/3X0Gq89 As always, thanks to @iampetermartin for the amazing introduction and conclusion music. Complete podcast catalog at theupperhandpodcast.wustl.edu.  

Chuck and Chris welcome 2024 and season #5 with a technical episode on the treatment of Kienbocks disease.  We discuss patient evaluation and surgical considerations including radius shortening, vascularized bone flaps, carpal pinning, and so much more.   Subscribe to our newsletter:  https://bit.ly/3iHGFpD See www.practicelink.com/theupperhand for more information from our partner on job search and career opportunities. See https://checkpointsurgical.com or www.nervemaster.com for information about the company and its products as well as good general information about nerve pathology.   Please complete our Survey: bit.ly/3X0Gq89 As always, thanks to @iampetermartin for the amazing introduction and conclusion music. Complete podcast catalog at theupperhandpodcast.wustl.edu.  

Chuck and Chris with a bonus, year- end episode with listener questions, CMC fusion case discussion, and an HBR review on the importance of positive energy.  This was a really a catch- up episode and we catch up on Chris' travel, Chuck's b-school, and other timely topics. HBR: The Best Leaders have Contagious Positive Energy.  Emma Seppala and Kim Cameron.  April 18, 2022.  Reprint HO6ZUL Subscribe to our newsletter:  https://bit.ly/3iHGFpD See www.practicelink.com/theupperhand for more information from our partner on job search and career opportunities. See https://checkpointsurgical.com or www.nervemaster.com for information about the company and its products as well as good general information about nerve pathology.   Please complete our Survey: bit.ly/3X0Gq89 As always, thanks to @iampetermartin for the amazing introduction and conclusion music. Complete podcast catalog at theupperhandpodcast.wustl.edu.  

Chuck and Chris welcome Tony Smith and Steve McCabe to discuss the founding of the Hand Society and Sterling Bunnell.  The two have been on an amazing journey of primary research to learn more about Sterling Bunnell.  They share insights with us in advance of their expected biography.  Join us for some exciting history of hand surgery. Subscribe to our newsletter:  https://bit.ly/3iHGFpD See www.practicelink.com/theupperhand for more information from our partner on job search and career opportunities. See https://checkpointsurgical.com or www.nervemaster.com for information about the company and its products as well as good general information about nerve pathology.   Please complete our Survey: bit.ly/3X0Gq89 As always, thanks to @iampetermartin for the amazing introduction and conclusion music. Complete podcast catalog at theupperhandpodcast.wustl.edu.  

Chuck and Chris discuss the adolescent medial epicondyle fracture and a group of patients with a challenging outcome.  This deep dive into the pathology and the technical considerations for treatment help us better understand the fracture, the relationship of the ulnar nerve, and more Subscribe to our newsletter:  https://bit.ly/3iHGFpD See www.practicelink.com/theupperhand for more information from our partner on job search and career opportunities. See https://checkpointsurgical.com or www.nervemaster.com for information about the company and its products as well as good general information about nerve pathology.   Please complete our Survey: bit.ly/3X0Gq89 As always, thanks to @iampetermartin for the amazing introduction and conclusion music. Complete podcast catalog at theupperhandpodcast.wustl.edu.  

Chuck and Chris build on a hand society symposium led by Don Lalonde- What to Say and What not to Say to patients.  Chuck and Chris discussion tips to build the patient relationship and challenges in doing so.  We look forward to your thoughts and your tips.  We also discuss the medical school tradition of the white coat ceremony! Subscribe to our newsletter:  https://bit.ly/3iHGFpD See www.practicelink.com/theupperhand for more information from our partner on job search and career opportunities. See https://checkpointsurgical.com or www.nervemaster.com for information about the company and its products as well as good general information about nerve pathology.   Please complete our Survey: bit.ly/3X0Gq89 As always, thanks to @iampetermartin for the amazing introduction and conclusion music. Complete podcast catalog at theupperhandpodcast.wustl.edu.  

Chuck and Chris have a brief discussion about Chuck's Executive MBA program and then take a deep dive on a laceration in the distal forearm- the so- called spaghetti wrist.  We talk details including the technical aspects of the procedure and patient expectations. Subscribe to our newsletter:  https://bit.ly/3iHGFpD See www.practicelink.com/theupperhand for more information from our partner on job search and career opportunities. See https://checkpointsurgical.com or www.nervemaster.com for information about the company and its products as well as good general information about nerve pathology.   Please complete our Survey: bit.ly/3X0Gq89 As always, thanks to @iampetermartin for the amazing introduction and conclusion music. Complete podcast catalog at theupperhandpodcast.wustl.edu.  

Chuck and Chris are joined my Marschall Berkes, Chief of Orthopaedic Trauma at Washington University Orthopedics to discuss clavicle fractures.  Recognizing that many hand surgeons treat the entire upper extremity including clavicle fractures, Marschall's perspective will be interesting to many listeners.  We discuss indications, approach, technique, etc. Subscribe to our newsletter:  https://bit.ly/3iHGFpD See www.practicelink.com/theupperhand for more information from our partner on job search and career opportunities. See https://checkpointsurgical.com or www.nervemaster.com for information about the company and its products as well as good general information about nerve pathology.   Please complete our Survey: bit.ly/3X0Gq89 As always, thanks to @iampetermartin for the amazing introduction and conclusion music. Complete podcast catalog at theupperhandpodcast.wustl.edu.  

Chuck and Chris discuss the Hand Society meeting in Toronto including the highlights for each of them.  They also discuss a pediatric elbow case including dome osteotomy treatment.  And, if you listen to the end, you will learn more about the Drake show in Toronto! Subscribe to our newsletter:  https://bit.ly/3iHGFpD See www.practicelink.com/theupperhand for more information from our partner on job search and career opportunities. See https://checkpointsurgical.com or www.nervemaster.com for information about the company and its products as well as good general information about nerve pathology.   Please complete our Survey: bit.ly/3X0Gq89 As always, thanks to @iampetermartin for the amazing introduction and conclusion music. Complete podcast catalog at theupperhandpodcast.wustl.edu.  

Chuck and Chris discuss a three new Journal of Hand Surgery articles for our podcast journal club.  Join us and share any thoughts! Isaacs, Nydick, Means, Merrell, Ilyas, Levine and RECON study group.  A multicenter prospective randomized comparison of conduits versus decellularized nerve allografts for digital nerve repairs.  JHS 2023 Guidi, et al Distraction arthroplasty for basal joint arthritis: 10 year follow- up JHS 2023; 48: 796-802 Carroll, et al Endoscopoic versus open carpal tunnel surgery: risk factors and rates of revision surgery.  JHS  2023; 48: 757-63 Subscribe to our newsletter:  https://bit.ly/3iHGFpD See www.practicelink.com/theupperhand for more information from our partner on job search and career opportunities. See https://checkpointsurgical.com or www.nervemaster.com for information about the company and its products as well as good general information about nerve pathology.   Please complete our Survey: bit.ly/3X0Gq89 As always, thanks to @iampetermartin for the amazing introduction and conclusion music. Complete podcast catalog at theupperhandpodcast.wustl.edu.