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Minimally Invasive Procedures

Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release: The goal of Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release is to take pressure off of the median nerve by enlarging...

Basal Thumb Arthritis

WHAT IS IT? In a normal joint, cartilage covers the ends of the bones and allows them to move smoothly and painlessly against one...

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

WHAT IS IT? Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a condition brought on by increased pressure on the median nerve at the wrist. In effect, it...

DeQuervain's Tendonitis

What is it? First dorsal compartment tendonitis, more commonly known as de Quervain's tendonitis or tenosynovitis after the Swiss surgeon...

Dupuytren's Disease

WHAT IS IT? Dupuytren's disease is an abnormal thickening of the fascia (the tissue just beneath the skin of the palm). If often starts...

Extensor Tendon Injuries

What is an extensor tendon? Extensor tendons, located on the back of the hand and fingers, allow you to straighten your fingers and thumb...

Flexor Tendon Injuries

FLEXOR TENDONS IN THE HAND AND FOREARM: The muscles that bend or flex are called flexor muscles. These flexor muscles move the fingers...

Ganglion Cysts

What are they? Ganglion cysts are very common lumps within the hand and wrist that occur adjacent to joints or tendons. The most common...

Hand Fractures

What is a fracture? The hand is made up of many bones that form its supporting framework. This frame acts as a point of attachment for...

Keinböck's Disease

What is Kienböck's Disease? Bone is living tissue that requires a regular supply of blood for nourishment. If the blood supply to a bone...

Nerve Injuries

WHAT ARE NERVES? Nerves are the "electrical wiring" system in all people that carry messages from the brain to the rest of the body. A...

Osteoarthritis of the Hand

WHAT IS IT? Arthritis literally means "inflamed joint". Normally a joint consists of two smooth, cartilage-covered bone surfaces that fit...

Rheumatoid Arthritis of the Hand

WHAT IS IT? Arthritis literally means "inflamed joint." Normally a joint consists of two smooth, cartilage-covered bone surfaces that fit...

Scaphoid Fractures

What are scaphoid fractures? The scaphoid bone is one of eight small bones that make up the "carpal bones" of the wrist. There are two...

Tennis Elbow

WHAT IS IT? Lateral epicondylitis. commonly known as "tennis elbow." is an inflammation of the tendon fibers that attach the forearm...

Thumb Sprains

What are sprains? A sprain is an injury to a ligament. Ligaments are the connective tissues that connect bones to bones across a joint....

Trigger Finger

What is it? Stenosing tenosynovitis, commonly known as "trigger finger" or "trigger thumb", involves the pulleys and tendons in the hand...

Wrist Fractures

WHAT IS A WRIST FRACTURE? The wrist is made up of eight small bones and the two forearm bones, the radius and ulna (see Figure 1). The...

Wrist Sprains

WHAT IS A SPRAIN? A sprain is an injury to a ligament. Ligaments are the connective tissues that connect bones to bones; thye could be...

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