Wendy E Mccurdy

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• McCurdy, W., & Galindo, D. (2020). Osteoporosis: a short history of AMWA's mission in action. Journal of women's health (2002), 18(1), 19.
• Carr, M. P., Becker, G. W., Taljanovic, M. S., & McCurdy, W. E. (2019). Hypothenar hammer syndrome: Case report and literature review. Radiology case reports, 14(7), 868-871.
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  Hypothenar hammer syndrome is a rare but serious cause of digital ischemia and morbidity. Presented here is a case of a manual laborer who had symptoms of digital ischemia after acute hyperextension injury to the ring finger. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed thrombosed ulnar artery aneurysm. Etiology, presentation, and current treatments are reviewed.
• McCurdy, W. E., Taljanovic, M. S., Becker, G. W., & Carr, M. P. (2019). Hypothenar hammer syndrome: Case report and literature review. Radiology Case Reports. doi:10.1016/j.radcr.2019.04.015
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  Hypothenar hammer syndrome is a rare but serious cause of digital ischemia and morbidity. Presented here is a case of a manual laborer who had symptoms of digital ischemia after acute hyperextension injury to the ring finger. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed thrombosed ulnar artery aneurysm. Etiology, presentation, and current treatments are reviewed.
• Gilbertson-Dahdal, D., Wright, J. E., Krupinski, E., McCurdy, W. E., & Taljanovic, M. S. (2014). Transphyseal involvement of pyogenic osteomyelitis is considerably more common than classically taught. AJR. American journal of roentgenology, 203(1), 190-5.
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  Radiologists are taught that pyogenic osteomyelitis in children rarely crosses the growth plate because terminal vessels of nutrient arteries loop at the physis, predisposing the metaphysis to hematogenous infection. However, we note that MRI frequently shows osteomyelitis involving both sides of the physis. The purpose of this article is to document our observation that pyogenic osteomyelitis crosses the growth plate more frequently in the pediatric patient population than is classically taught.
• Krupinski, E. A., Krupinski, E. A., McCurdy, W. E., McCurdy, W. E., Taljanovic, M. S., Taljanovic, M. S., Wright, J. E., Wright, J. E., Gilbertson-Dahdal, D., & Gilbertson-Dahdal, D. (2014). Transphyseal Involvement of Pyogenic Osteomyelitis Is Considerably More Common Than Classically Taught. American Journal of Roentgenology. doi:10.2214/ajr.13.11279
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  Radiologists are taught that pyogenic osteomyelitis in children rarely crosses the growth plate because terminal vessels of nutrient arteries loop at the physis, predisposing the metaphysis to hematogenous infection. However, we note that MRI frequently shows osteomyelitis involving both sides of the physis. The purpose of this article is to document our observation that pyogenic osteomyelitis crosses the growth plate more frequently in the pediatric patient population than is classically taught.All pediatric patients (age, 2-16 years) with clinically suspected osteomyelitis from 2004 to 2009 were reviewed for transphyseal disease on a consensus basis. To reveal the statistical significance, we applied a z test to our results. We quantified rare as 20% or less and used a z test to determine whether 27 of 32 (81%) differed from rare.Of 32 subjects, 81% showed transphyseal infection. In our study, the z test revealed that transphyseal infection occurred significantly more often than what would be considered rare (z = 4.75, p < 0.01).In our pediatric patient population, we have documented a higher frequency of transphyseal osteomyelitis (81%) than metaphyseal osteomyelitis in pyogenic infections. When our findings are statistically compared with an expected rate of 20%, they cannot be attributed to chance alone. This raises some doubt regarding the conventional understanding of pediatric pyogenic osteomyelitis.
• McCurdy, W. E., & Galindo, D. (2009). Osteoporosis: A Short History of AMWA's Mission in Action. Journal of Womens Health. doi:10.1089/jwh.2008.1232
• Mccurdy, W., Moore, T., & Walker, C. (2000). The superolateral approach for aspiration of total hip arthroplasties. Australasian Radiology. doi:https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1673.2000.00829.x
• Mccurdy, W., & Lieberman, K. A. (1999). Residents Perspective on the ACR Intersociety Summer Conference 1998: Are today's residents ready for tomorrow's practice?. Academic Radiology.
• Mccurdy, W., Hahn, F. J., & Hahn, P. Y. (1998). Central and extrapontine myelinolysis. Applied Radiology.

Presentations

• Taljanovic, M., Krupinski, E., Mccurdy, W., Rice, A., Pappalardo, J., Taylor, P., & Chadaz, T. (2020, April). IS THERE ADDED VALUE OF DWI AND INTRAVENOUS CONTRAST WITH MRI OF DIABETIC FOOT INFECTIONS?. Society of Skeletal Radiology. Huntington Beach, CA.
• Wright, J. E., Gilbertson-Dahdal, D. L., Mccurdy, W., & Taljanovic, M. S. (2010, April). Pyogenic Childhood Oateomyelitis Frequently Crosses the Growth Plate: An Expanded Case Review, Abstract PA84. 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Radiology. Boston, MA.

Poster Presentations

• Mccurdy, W., Walker, C. W., Moore, T. E., Ivey, R. R., & Nguyen, T. (2000, Spring). Coracohumeral impingement and subscapularis tendon tears. American Roentgen Ray Society Annual Meeting.
• Mccurdy, W., Walker, C. W., Moore, T. E., Ivey, R. R., Selmer, K., & Neff, J. R. (2000, Spring). Imaging features of Chondrosarcomas. American Roentgen Ray Society Annual Meeting.