Jun 1, 2020
A boxer’s fracture is when you break a bone at the base of your finger, near the knuckle or neck of the bone. That bone is known as a metacarpal. A boxer’s fracture may also be called fifth metacarpal fracture. It usually happens to the small (pinky) finger or the...
Aug 10, 2019
Dr Solomons was invited to talk at the South African Society for Surgery of the Hand. He gave three lectures during the conference: 1: A novel test to confirm Green 1 and 2 trigger finger. – This lecture describes a brand new test to uncover suspected trigger finger...
Jun 10, 2019
Dr Solomons was invited to speak at an International Faculty to lecture on Hand Surgery in Fiji. His focus and lectures included: Total Wrist Arthroplasty vs Total Wrist Fusion – How to decide on the pros and cons of these two options when the wrist is destroyed with...
Sep 10, 2018
Dr Solomons was invited to give the prestigious Eponymous FP Fouche lecture at the South African Orthopaedic Association in September 2018. The title of the lecture was “However far a stream flows it never forgets its source”. The lecture honoured one’s mentor and...
May 10, 2018
In May 2018, Dr Solomons was invited to give 5 lectures at The British Society for Surgery of the Hand. The lectures were titled: Mistakes I’ve made and operations I no longer perform HIV related infection and TB Reconstruction of the non-reconstructable median nerve...
Aug 16, 2016
Michelle Pietersen, Cape Times, Monday 16 August 2016 One moment Bongani Mpange was cutting paper with the industrial guillotine he had been using for nine years, the next he was starting down in horror as his bloody hands detached from the rest of his body. “I...
