Hand surgery can treat diseases that cause pain and impair the strength, function and flexibility of your wrist and fingers.

Hand Surgery is surgery of the hand, the wrist and the peripheral nerves of the upper limb. It also encompasses reconstructive surgery that improves upper limb function.

If your hand is impaired in any way, surgery may improve your condition. This type of very specialized surgery can treat diseases that cause pain and impair the strength, function and flexibility of your wrist and fingers. Surgery seeks to restore to near normal the function of fingers and hands injured by trauma or to correct abnormalities that were present at birth.

What hand surgery can treat

Patients with painful conditions like carpal tunnel syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis and Dupuytren's contracture may be suitable candidates for hand surgery. Patients with injuries, cut wounds, tendon injury nerve, trigger finger, and finger injuries

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In some conditions, hand surgery is necessary to treat wounds and injuries. Plastic surgeons are often involved in treating patients who come to the emergency room with severe hand trauma.