Bruner described a "zig-zag" incision for the volar aspect of the finger in 1967 after his disdain for the midlateral incision. This journal club details the origin of the Bruner Incision, its limitations and its current role in clinical practice.
This was a landmark paper in the management of melanoma. The authors answered a very important question - what is the actual efficacy of lymph node clearance in melanoma patients with positive sentinel lymph nodes?
The Karapandzic flap was described in 1974 after a 5-year case series of lip defect reconstruction. This journal club critiques the methods, results and conclusions of this landmark paper.
Lanz analysed the branching pattern of the median nerve within the carpal tunnel in 246 hands. This paper details these results and compares them with other peer-reviewed literature.