Introduction Incidence, etiologies, and classification (Steven Hovius) Congenital differences of the hand and upper extremity are an intriguing subspecialty of hand surgery, hand therapy, and hand rehabilitation. These differences are…
Introduction This chapter will cover a few diseases involving a lot of uncertainties, especially with regard to clinical diagnosis and treatment strategies. Treatment of these diseases is often controversial. Consequently,…
Introduction Mutilating injuries have diminished greatly as a result of improvements in workplace conditions and safety measures and huge fines to the industry when regulations are broken. Nevertheless, we still…
Introduction Dysfunction of a nerve due to external physical compression is commonly called entrapment neuropathy . Broadly, compression neuropathies can occur for the following reasons. First, a nerve trunk can…
Introduction Replantation surgery has now entered its 6th decade after the first successful limb replantation reported by Malt in 1964 and the first thumb replantation in 1968 by Komatsu and…
Introduction Loss of skin and subcutaneous fat over the elbow, forearm, and hand are common occurrences after trauma and oncologic excision. Sometimes, it is accompanied by loss of tendon, muscle,…
Introduction This chapter will provide updates and current status of repair of traumatic nerve injury in the hand, forearm, and upper arms. Outcomes, unsolved problems relating to nerve repair, and…
Introduction Spasticity, characterized by muscle hypertonia, is linked to a central neurological impairment involving the pyramidal tract. It is caused by a hyperactive stretch reflex mechanism. It may occur in…
Introduction A recent epidemiologic study reported an annual incidence of traumatic upper-extremity nerve injuries of 17 persons in 100,000 with an average age of 38 years and a male:female ratio…
Introduction Tumors in the hand and upper extremity are often seen. In most cases, they are benign lesions, although some of these can be locally aggressive. Much more rarely, these…
