Donald Kasitinon

Donald Kasitinon


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Academic Career Length

9Years (2018-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 May 2019 in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America
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LRLindsay Ramey
Lindsay Ramey
COCandice Osborne
Candice Osborne
DKDonald Kasitinon
Donald Kasitinon
SJShannon Juengst
Shannon Juengst

29 October 2021 in Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine
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Donald Kasitinon
WLWei-Xian Li
Wei-Xian Li
EWEric Xue Song Wang
Eric Xue Song Wang
MCMichael Fredericson MD, Stanford Medicine Outpatient Center
Michael Fredericson MD, Stanford Medicine Outpatient Center

1 October 2022 in Optometry and Vision Science
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RLRichard J. Lawley
Richard J. Lawley
DKDonald Kasitinon
Donald Kasitinon
DSDaniel Sisk
Daniel Sisk
KLKedar S. Lavingia
Kedar S. Lavingia
JLJason T. Lee
Jason T. Lee
MFMichael Fredericson
Michael Fredericson

1 November 2021 in Optometry and Vision Science
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DKDonald Kasitinon
Donald Kasitinon
JDJason L. Dragoo
Jason L. Dragoo
CHCalvin E. Hwang
Calvin E. Hwang

16 August 2020 in PM&R
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DKDonald Kasitinon
Donald Kasitinon
ARAlexa Royston
Alexa Royston
LWLauren Wernet
Lauren Wernet
DGDoug Garner
Doug Garner
JRJoshua Richard
Joshua Richard
LALindsay Ramey Argo
Lindsay Ramey Argo

29 November 2018 in Sports Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach
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DKDonald Kasitinon
Donald Kasitinon
RDRobert J. Dimeff
Robert J. Dimeff
A 26-year-old, right-handed male professional hockey player presented for a second opinion with dysesthesia of the tips of his right third, fourth, and fifth fingers after 2 previous incidents of hyperextension injuries to his right wrist while holding his hockey stick. Radiographs and computed tomography scans were negative for fracture. After magnetic resonance angiography and Doppler ultrasound imaging, the athlete was diagnosed with hypothenar hammer syndrome (HHS) with ulnar artery aneurysm and thrombosis. He underwent successful surgery with ligation and excision of the aneurysmal, thrombosed ulnar artery and was able to return to hockey 4 weeks after surgery. HHS is thought to be a rare posttraumatic digital ischemia from thrombosis and/or aneurysm of the ulnar artery and was traditionally considered an occupational injury but has been reported more frequently among athletes. There have only been 2 previous case reports of hockey players diagnosed with HHS, and in the previous 2 case reports, both involved repetitive trauma from the hockey stick, which resulted in thrombotic HHS. We present a case of a professional hockey player diagnosed with HHS also due to repetitive trauma from the hockey stick, but this time resulting in aneurysmal HHS with thromboembolism. This case report highlights the importance of keeping HHS in the differential diagnosis in athletes with pain, cold sensitivity, and paresthesia in their fingers with or without a clear history of repetitive trauma to the hypothenar eminence, as HHS is a condition with good outcomes after proper treatment.