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These stories are about some of the body parts that you share with everyone else on the planet, but which rarely see the ...

NORFOLK, Va. ( WAVY) – A surgeon at Sentara Norfolk General hospital recently performed an unusual and very rare procedure. A patient lost a thumb – and decided to replace it with one of his toes.

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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, St Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan Correspondence to: Dr. Shinsuke Shigematsu, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, St. Marianna University ...

Back pain is one of the most common health complaints worldwide, affecting millions of people across all age groups. Whether caused by poor posture, injury, or chronic conditions, back pain can ...

Of the remaining 848 (88.3%) interphalangeal finger joints in the ‘N’, ‘S’ or ‘J’ phases ... after major tissue damage will result in a marked change of the original anatomy and loss of the normal ...

Motion analysis shows that gripping and twisting actions place the greatest load on the thumb’s base and tip—overworking the flexor pollicis longus—while inflamed knuckles that cannot fully curl ...

The carpal bones are bound in two groups of four bones: Each thumb has two joints. The surfaces of the bones where they meet to form joints are covered with a layer of cartilage, which allows them to ...

A2 pulley entheses were at the volar plate at the level of the IP joint (figure 2). Anatomy of the thumb pulley system. Dissection of the pulley system of the thumb showing A1, Av, Obl and A2 pulleys ...

Hitchhiker’s thumb can be “a harmless anatomy quirk localized to the thumb ... “Some people with it have super flexible joints all over, while others don’t,” adds Raj Dasgupta ...

Hitchhiker’s thumb can be “a harmless anatomy quirk localized to the thumb ... “Some people with it have super flexible joints all over, while others don’t,” adds Raj Dasgupta ...