This document lists potential orthopaedic thesis topics related to the hand, including: the management of congenital trigger thumb, anatomy of thumb pulleys, management of thumb flexor pulley ruptures, unrepaired fractures of the ulna styloid process in distal radius fractures, and comparing operative versus non-operative treatment of distal ulna fractures associated with distal radius fractures. Other potential topics examine outcomes of volar ligament repair for radiocarpal dislocations, treatment of acute displaced scaphoid fractures in young patients, and assessing growth disturbances in children ultrasonographically.

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.