Wrist & Hand

The April 2026 Wrist & Hand Roundup 360 looks at: Clinical effectiveness of early surgical fixation versus cast immobilization for adults with a scaphoid waist fracture: five-year follow-up of the Scaphoid Waist Internal Fixation for Fractures Trial (SWIFFT); Cost-effectiveness of early surgical fixation versus cast immobilization for adults with a scaphoid waist fracture: five-year follow-up of the Scaphoid Waist Internal Fixation for Fractures Trial (SWIFFT); Radiological outcome of early surgical fixation versus cast immobilization for adults with a scaphoid waist fracture: five-year follow-up of the Scaphoid Waist Internal Fixation for Fractures Trial (SWIFFT); The risk of surgical site infection, septic arthritis, and osteomyelitis after hand trauma surgery; The safety and cost of repeated corticosteroid injections for carpal tunnel syndrome; The IFSSH consensus and current guidelines on flexor tendon repairs and reconstruction; The epidemiology of scaphoid fractures and nonunions in Switzerland: a nationwide analysis of the socioeconomic impact; Total joint replacement versus trapeziectomy for trapeziometacarpal joint arthritis: five-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial.