Conditions Treated

This part of my website is to provide you, as the patient, the information on common hand conditions, and procedures, explaining the main risks, and benefits.

All the PDF information leaflets, provided here, are compiled by The British Society for Surgery of the Hand (BSSH), and The American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH). More information can be obtained at their websites.

This list is an example of common conditions managed:

Sports Injuries: fractures, ligament or tendon injuries eg. Finger and thumb injuries from rugby or football.

Acute hand and wrist trauma and fractures:

• Metacarpal, phalangeal and thumb fractures
• Tendon, nerves, blood vessel, skin, fingertip and nailbed injuries
• Distal radius, ulna, scaphoid, carpal fractures and dislocations
• Wrist ligament injuries and instability

Tendon injuries and problems:

• Trigger finger, tendonitis, tenosynovitis, tendon rupture, De Quervain’s syndrome, flexor tendon injuries, extensor tendon injuries

Peripheral nerve injury and entrapment and compression:

• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Entrapment of the Ulnar Nerve at the Elbow (Cubital Tunnel Syndrome) or Wrist

Dupuytren’s Disease: Open and percutaneous surgery. Xiapex (collagenase) injections.

Arthritis of the hand:

• Metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints, proximal interphalangeal joints, distal interphalangeal joints

Arthritis of the thumb:

• Carpometacarpal (CMC) / trapeziometacarpal (TMC) joint, metacarpophalangeal joint, interphalangeal joint

Arthritis of the wrist:

• Radioscaphoid joint, radiocarpal joint, midcarpal joint, scapho-trapezio-trapezoid joint, distal radio-ulnar joint

Hand swellings: ganglions, mucous cysts, carpal boss, giant cell tumor etc.

Hand infections

Elbow Conditions:

• Tennis and Golfers Elbow
• Elbow arthritis
• Elbow Bursitis
• Fractures

Shoulder Conditions:

• Shoulder Pain
• Subacromial Impingment
• Shoulder Arthritis
• Frozen Shoulder
• Shoulder and Clavicle Fractures