thesis topics for residents

1. Orthopaedics Thesis topics (hand)
• Management of congenital trigger thumb
• Varied anatomy of pulleys of thumb
• Management of flexor pulley of thumb
rupture
• Unrepaired fracture of the styloid process of
ulna in distal radius fracture patients
• Comparison of conservative versus operative
treatment if distal ulna fractures in patients
with distal radius fractures

2. • Effect of ulnar styloid nonunuion in patients
treated with plate osteosynthesis for distal
radius fractures
• Outcomes of volar ligament repair in
radiocarpal fracture dislocation
• Management of acute displaced scaphoid
fractures in the population under2 years
• Skeletal age assessment of children to detect
growth disturbances ultrasonographically

3. • Tendon rupture following distal radius volar
plating
• Effectiveness of epinephrine injection to
minimize bleeding
• Complications after treatment of flexor
tendon injuries
• Operative technique for flexor tendon injuries
zone 2
• Patial flexor tendon inuries : to repair or not

4. • Effect of suture size on flexor tendon repair
• Delayed rupture of extensor pollicis longus
tendon after distal radius fracture
• Comparing night splinting with no splinting
aftertreatment of mallet finger
• Loss of fixation of thevolar lunate facet
fragment in fractures of distal radius
• Treatment of scaphoid fractureswith
cannulated screws versus herbert screws

5. • Effect of thumb immobilization to scaphoid
fracture stability
• Protection of feet from cold
• Extremity injuries due to cold
• Ligament reconstruction versus closed reduction
and pinning in traumatic dislocation of thumb
carpometacarpal joint.
• Outcomes of conservative management of spiral/
oblique fractures of the metacarpalusing splint
and immediate mobilisation of fingers.