Extensive patient information on common hand conditions can be obtained at Hand Clinics. However, 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