COMMITMENT TO DISCOVERY
Hand and Upper Extremity Research
The Hand and Upper Extremity Section provides comprehensive hand , upper extremity , and microvascular surgery services . Research is not only fueled by faculty discoveries but also through two fellowship-trained hand surgeons who investigate a broad range of conservative and surgical treatments and ways to improve these procedures . Overall , the section aims to improve the patient ’ s experience with hand surgery , looking for new ways to improve existing surgeries and tapping into brand new procedures through pivotal research .
Selected Publications
• Ransom EF , Minton HL , Young BL , He JK , Ponce BA , McGwin G , Meyer RD , Brabston EW . Intermediate and Long- Term Outcomes Following Surgical Decompression of Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome in an Adolescent Patient Population . Hand . 2020 . PMID : 32036706 .
• Ransom EF . Adkison DP , Woods DP , Hudson PW , Pinto MC , Worthen JV , Brabston EW , Ponce BA . Subscapularis Sparing Total Shoulder Arthroplasty through a Superolateral Approach : A Radiographic Study . JSES . 2019 . PMID : 31678025 .
• Ransom EF , Ficke BW , Ponce BA , Meyer RD . Brachial Plexus Injuries Associated with Open Subpectoral Biceps Tenodesis . JBJS Case Connect . 2019 . PMID 31584904 .
• Ficke BW , Ransom EF , Oakes J . Near-Infrared Vein Visualization in Index Finger Pollicization . J Hand Surg Am . 2017 . Jun ; 42 ( 6 ). PEDpoj .
• Pinto MC , Archie AT , Mosher ZA , Ransom EF , McGwin G , Fehringer EV , Brabston EW , Ponce BA . Radiographic Restoration of Native Anatomy : A Comparison between Stemmed and Stemless Shoulder Arthroplasty . JSES . 2019 . PMID : 30982698 . uabmedicine . org / referortho 21