The Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume)

 

June 2025

We are excited to announce the next FESSH – JHSE Special Issue for 2025 with the theme ‘Technology and Innovations’.

We are grateful to guest editors Jorma Ryhanen, Teemu Karjalainen, Shai Luria and Ryan Trickett for their hard work in editing the articles. We would also like to thank all the authors for contributing their expertise to make this Issue a success!

In collaboration with Sage, our publisher, all of the articles will be made open access and freely downloadable for one year from June 2025 to June 2026.

Please find the link to the articles here:

https://www.nxtbook.com/nxteu/sageuk/jhs_2025_june/

 

Please download and listen to this exciting podcast where the two guest editors, Jorma and Teemu share about the Special Issue as they are interviewed by our Journal to Work host, Jane McEachan:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6tEes48L3aLEcYz4c9F2O7?si=f157947a20554102

 

June 2024

We are delighted to introduce this month’s issue of the Journal which is an inaugural collaboration between FESSH and the JHSE. 

This Special issue replaces the yearly Instructional course book that is usually given out at the annual Congress. Although the format has changed, the educational and academic visions have not. With the theme of ‘Nerves’, this Special Issue provides the latest and most comprehensive update on nerve related topics including diagnostics, outcome measures, nerve compression, nerve transfers, tumours and the latest trends in prostheses and spasticity. All of these articles are from authors who are experts in their fields, and we are extremely grateful to them for their valuable contribution.

Also, in collaboration with Sage, our publisher, all of the articles will be made open access and freely downloadable for one year from June 2024 to June 2025.

Check out the NXT book!

Click here for the NXT book

https://www.nxtbook.com/nxteu/sageuk/jhs_2024_june/

 

 

There is something for every hand surgeon in this issue!
Guest editors: Brigitte Van Der Heijden, Henk Coert, Pierluigi Tos
Journal editors: Tim Hems, Jane McEachan, Wee Lam

Click below to view articles of interest directly

The digital table of content enabling you to access each article separately is as follows:

Editorial

The FESSH/JHSE Special Issue: a joint collaboration
Brigitte van der Heijden, Pierluigi Tos and Henk Coert

The FESSH/JHSE Special Issue: Update on Nerve Surgery
Tim Hems and Jane E. McEachan

Review Articles:

Updates in diagnostic tools for diagnosing nerve injury and compressions
Gràinne Bourke, Ryckie G. Wade and Nens van Alfen

The role of patient-reported outcomes in peripheral nerve surgery
Maurizio Calcagni and Inga S. Besmens

State of the art review. Upper extremity revision nerve compression surgery
Brigitte van der Heijden, Zoe H. Dailiana and Henk P. Giele

Current perspectives on peripheral nerve repair and management of the nerve gap
Liam A. McMorrow, Piotr Czarnecki, Adam J. Reid and Pierluigi Tos
 
Timing of surgery in peripheral nerve injury of the upper extremity
Nicola Felici and Alice Alban

Distal nerve transfers for peripheral nerve injuries: indications and outcomes
Jayme A. Bertelli, Sami Tuffaha, Matthias Sporer, Anna Seltser, Erica Cavalli, Francisco Soldado and Elspeth Hill

Adult traumatic brachial plexus injuries: advances and current updates
Jean-Noel Goubier, Bruno Battiston, Joaquim Casanas and Tom Quick

Brachial plexus birth injury: advances and controversies
Gursel Leblebicioglu and Willem Pondaag

An algorithmic approach to the management of peripheral nerve tumours
Tim Hems, Antonina Parafioriti, Binu P. Thomas and Andrea Di Bernardo

Muscle preservation in proximal nerve injuries: a current update
Andrii Lysak, Simon Farnebo, Stefano Geuna and Lars B. Dahlin

Targeted muscle reinnervation in bionic upper limb reconstruction: current status and future directions
Clemens Gstoettner, Gregor Laengle, Leopold Harnoncourt, Paolo Sassu and Oskar C. Aszmann

Multidisciplinary strategies to treat painful mononeuropathies in the upper extremity: from lab to bedside
Mienke Rijsdijk, Sami Tuffaha and Henk Coert

Trends and insights review. Nerve procedures in the management of upper limb spasticity
Caroline Leclercq and Patrick Mertens

Further Knowledge on Featured Topics 

History of peripheral nerve injuries
Carlos Irisarri

Free access articles of the JHS (Eur)

Editorial: Solidarity, Support and Supply
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/17531934221097015

Article on Conflict injuries
This is a 2-part invited review article focusing on management of conflict injuries involving the upper limb. In support of our Ukrainian colleagues, we have arranged for these articles to be made open access and translated into the Ukrainian language.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/17531934221098916
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/17531934221105225

Article on COVID-19: A FESSH Perspective
Over the past 2 years, COVID-19 has affected all of us. In Europe, several countries were impacted on so many levels. In this article, five of the FESSH Ex-Com shared their perspective of how the pandemic had affected Hand Surgery, their personal lives and their careers.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/17531934221093925