Stephen R. Thompson, MD, MEd, FRCSC is a sports medicine orthopaedic surgeon at Northern Light Orthopedics. He completed his medical school at the University of Sydney, Residency at University of Maryland and Fellowship at the Fowler-Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic in London, Ontario and then his second at the Oakville Sports Injury Clinic in Oakville, Ontario.Dr. Thompson is a recognized expert in sports medicine. He is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the widely used and highly respected reference textbook DeLee and Drez's Orthopaedic Sports Medicine. Dr. Thompson has spent a significant time studying medical education and standardized testing. He has applied this knowledge in his role as the Editor-in-Chief of Miller's Review of Orthopaedics.

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• SECTION 1: Preoperative Considerations1. Considerations in Preparation for SurgerySECTION 2: Hand Trauma2. Fingertip and Nailbed Injuries3. Phalangeal and Metacarpal Shaft Fractures4. Proximal Interphalangeal Joint Fracture Dislocations5. Phalanx Head and Neck Fractures6. Bony Mallet Finger Fracture7. Carpometacarpal Fracture-Dislocations8. Base of Thumb Fracture-Dislocations9. Thumb Ulnar Collateral Ligament Avulsion Injuries10. Thumb and Index Finger Radial Collateral Ligament AvulsionSECTION 3: Flexor and Extensor Tendon Injuries11. Acute Flexor Tendon Injury Repair Complications12. Chronic Flexor Tendon Injury Repair Complications13. Extensor Tendon Lacerations (All Zones)14. Extensor Tendon Ruptures15. Flexor Tenosynovitis16. Extensor Tenosynovitis and TendinopathySECTION 4: Carpal Fractures17. Acute Scaphoid Fractures18. Scaphoid Nonunion19. Perilunate Dislocations20. Carpal Fractures Other Than the Scaphoid (Capitate, Lunate, Hamate)SECTION 5: Distal Radius Fractures and Malunions21. Distal Radius Fractures: Extraarticular, Intraarticular, Older Adult, and Polytrauma22. Distal Radius Malunion: Extraarticular and IntraarticularSECTION 6: Ligamentous and Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex (TFCC) Injuries of the Wrist23. Scapholunate (Not Scapholunate Advanced Collapse) Ligament Tear24. Lunotriquetral Ligament Tears25. Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex Injury: Acute and Chronic26. Extensor Carpi Ulnaris Tendinopathy, Instability, and DislocationSECTION 7: Hand Arthritis27. Finger and Thumb Interphalangeal and Metacarpophalangeal Joint Arthritis (Arthrodesis, Joint Replacement)28. Thumb Carpometacarpal Arthritis29. Mucous CystSECTION 8: Wrist Arthritis and Dysvascular Conditions30. Degenerative Wrist Arthritis31. Posttraumatic Wrist Arthritis: Scapholunate Advanced Collapse and Scaphoid 32. Nonunion Advanced Collapse32. Distal Radioulnar Joint Arthritis33. Avascular Necrosis of the Lunate (Kienböck’s Disease)SECTION 9: Elbow and Forearm Acute and Chronic Injuries34. Forearm Fractures and Injuries35. Elbow and Forearm Stiffness36. Elbow Tendinopathies: Medial Epicondylitis and Lateral EpicondylitisSECTION 10: Nerve Compression and Traumatic Injury37. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Recurrent Carpal Tunnel Syndrome38. Cubital Tunnel Syndrome and Recurrent Cubital Tunnel Syndrome39. Radial Tunnel Syndrome40. Nerve Laceration: Acute and Chronic41. Nerve PalsiesSECTION 11: Soft Tissue Trauma and Defects42. Compartment Syndrome of the Forearm, Hand, and Fingers43. Dysvascular Finger and Thumb: Replantation, Revascularization, and Amputation44. Nonhealing Wounds and Skin Defects of the Upper ExtremitySECTION 12: Tumors and Tumor-like Conditions in the Upper Extremity45. Ganglion Cysts46. Enchondroma and Giant Cell Tumor of the Upper Extremity47. Neuromas and Nerve Tumors of the Upper Extremity48. Dupuytren’s DiseaseSECTION 13: Pediatric and Congenital Hand Surgery49. Supracondylar Fractures of the Humerus50. Distal Radius Fractures With Open Growth Plates51. Madelung’s Deformity52. Syndactyly and Associated Syndrome Considerations53. Thumb Polydactyly54. Thumb Hypoplasia