In the third editorial of 2023, we celebrated our new JCR impact factor of 0.7 for 2022. This year, the Journal of Wrist Surgery again obtained the same impact factor of 0.7 for 2023. We still have the potential to further increase our impact factor for 2024. My editorial team, consisting of myself and five assistant editors, Drs. Greg Bain, Guillaume Herzberg, Philippe Liverneaux, Steve Moran, and Stephen Tham, are committed to fulfilling our promises of (1) maintaining high quality of published papers, (2) creating a strong editorial board, (3) establishing a smooth review process, and (4) ensuring faster publication any accepted manuscripts.

Conservative treatments of distal radius fracture are still important in daily practice. Major topics of distal radius fracture in the journal remain surgical treatments, such as locking plating, bridge plating, external fixator, and biologic materials for bone grafting. Conservative treatment seems like an old-fashioned treatment and is seldom discussed in the journal. This issue includes the “Special review” on “Developing 3D-printed wrist splints for distal radius and scaphoid fractures” by Drs. Tobler-Ammann, Schuind, Voillat, Gentilhomme, Vögelinof, Murith, and Masserey. Custom-made 3D-printed splints may be a better option in the conservative treatment for distal radius or any other wrist disorders for cast immobilization in future.

Interesting wrist papers on topics such as long-term outcome of proximal row carpectomy, proximal scaphoid reconstruction, distal radius fracture, wrist ganglion, total wrist arthroplasty, and new technique of knotless arthroscopic scapholunate capsulodesis, and interesting case reports are included in this issue. Don't miss it.

Article published online:
17 September 2024

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