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August 2019’s IFSSH Ezine includes a special feature on extreme skepticism regarding the existence of Sudeck's atrophy, also known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) or complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), as well as an article on outcome measurement in hand surgery. The issue also features an acceptance speech from the 19^th President of the IFSSH and images from the IFSSH/IFSHT Congress in Berlin held this past June.

This visual abstract from the August 2019 issue of JHS depicts "Minimal Clinically Important Differences for PROMIS Physical Function, Upper Extremity, and Pain Interference in Carpal Tunnel Release Using Region- and Condition-Specific PROM Tools.” The Editor's Choice article was written by David N. Bernstein, MBA, MA, Jeff R. Houck, PhD, Bilal Mahmood, MD, and Warren C. Hammert, MD. August 2019: Volume 44, Issue 8, Pages 635-640.

This visual abstract from the July 2019 issue of JHS depicts "Patient Satisfaction in the Hand Surgery Clinic: An Analysis of Factors That Impact the Press Ganey Survey.” The Editor's Choice article was written by Ajinkya A. Rane, MD, Andrew R. Tyser, MD, Angela P. Presson, PhD, Chong Zhang, MS, and Nikolas H. Kazmers, MD, MSE. July 2019: Volume 44, Issue 7, Pages 539–547.e1.

This visual abstract from the June 2019 issue of JHS depicts “An In-Depth Review of Physician Reimbursement for Digit and Thumb Replantation”. The Editor's Choice article was written by Rachel C. Hooper, MD, Jennifer M. Sterbenz, BS, Lin Zhong, MPH, MD, and Kevin C. Chung, MD, MS. June 2019: Volume 44, Issue 6, Pages 443–453.

May 2019’s IFSSH Ezine features “Father of Hand Surgery” Guy de Chauliac’s famous description of the qualities of a surgeon, an article on improving thumb MCP joint stability with a simple lightweight splint, and special feature “WALANT for Safer, Better, More Affordable Hand Surgery” by Donald H. Lalonde, MD.

This visual abstract from the May 2019 issue of JHS depicts “Sonographic Findings Associated With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome”. The Editor's Choice article was written by Lauren Elisabeth Wessel, MD, Danielle Christine Marshall, BA, Jeffrey Gei-Hun Stepan, MD, MS, Hayley Anne Sacks, BA, Ogonna Kenechi Nwawka, MD, Theodore T. Miller, MD, and Duretti Teferi Fufa, MD. May 2019: Volume 44, Issue 5, Pages 374–381.

Thank you to all who attended the first ever virtual Town Hall hosted by President L. Scott Levin, MD, FACS last week. A recording of the live session is now available for all those who could not attend. 

AAOS is now accepting applications for Instructional Course Lectures (ICLs), Symposia, Orthopaedic Video Theater, Paper and Posters for the Academy’s 2020 Annual Meeting, which will be held in Orlando, Florida from March 24-28, 2020. 

This visual abstract from the April 2019 issue of JHS depicts "Comparison of Ultrasound-Guided Versus Landmark-Based Corticosteroid Injection for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Prospective Randomized Trial.” The Editor's Choice article was written by Young Hak Roh, MD, PhD, Kwon Hwangbo, MD, Hyun Sik Gong, MD, PhD, and Goo Hyun Baek, MD, PhD. April 2019: Volume 44, Issue 4, Pages 304–310

In preparation for our Annual Meeting, I visited the Brooklyn Bowl in Las Vegas. It will be the site of our Thursday evening international reception and a perfect opportunity for the ASSH membership to unite with our international colleagues. Our global influence continues to expand through THP, dissemination of Hand.e, international travelling scholarship programs, visiting professorships and our journal.