Rheumatoid Hand Surgery: Reconstruction of a Musician’s Hand

Minami, Runa; Ito, Emi; Nishijima, Norihiro

doi:10.2490/prm.20170001

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“…Ell [31] discussed several operative strategies in the management of different musicians with arthritis. Other published cases of tailored surgical intervention of musicians with arthritis are detailed in Table 2 [3,[32][33][34][35].…”

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Management of common conditions of the musician: a narrative review for plastic surgeons

Chu,

Eftekari,

Nicksic

et al. 2023

JPHS

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Career-related injuries and disorders in professional musicians are prevalent across all their respective instruments and fields. They often endure long hours of intensive practice that demand high levels of precision, dexterity, and flexibility of their head, neck, hands, and upper extremities. Unlike the average patient, musicians are sensitive to even mild symptoms and deficits that can interfere with performance, which can potentially be career-threatening. Increasing attention to the care of musicians motivated performing arts medicine to tailor the practice to their individual and unique needs. Plastic surgeons are at the forefront of this practice; however, there are very limited reviews discussing plastic surgery management of the common injuries and disorders in musicians. This article reviews the most relevant literature of the past several decades regarding treatment modalities of the most common conditions endured by professional instrumentalists, with an emphasis on surgical considerations in the field of plastic surgery. A thorough literature search was performed for articles that encompass the interface between plastic surgery and musicians. We examined disorders of the head, ears, eyes, nose, throat, hands, and upper extremities including stress velopharyngeal incompetence, disruption of the embouchure, nerve entrapments, arthritis, traumatic injuries, focal dystonia, Linburg–Comstock syndrome, and overuse disorder. Overall, the goal of this review is to provide a summary of the existing and successful procedures performed to address prevalent musician conditions.

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