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…
Introduction Severe, intractable pain in the peripheral nervous system is caused by three local pathological entities, viz. end neuromas, neuromas in continuity, and scar-tethered nerves, with the symptoms being similar…
Introduction For more than a century, flexor tendon repairs have presented challenges to hand surgeons and have aroused enormous enthusiasm among clinicians and investigators. In the early and middle 20th…
Introduction Our basis of primary management of extensor tendon injuries, as with flexor tendon injuries, is early repair and early mobilization, with appropriate primary management being more effective than secondary…
Introduction This chapter discusses the current status and presents updates for several commonly seen connective tissue diseases. Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis has greatly changed, with fewer patients needing surgical treatment…
Introduction The carpometacarpal (CMC) joint of the thumb, the trapeziometacarpal joint (TMC), is a saddle joint that provides important mobility as well as stability. This joint is exposed to heavy…
Introduction This chapter discusses soft-tissue cover of defects of the skin and subcutaneous tissue in the thumb and fingers. The distal parts are called the fingertip and thumb tip ,…
Introduction The annual incidence of spinal cord injury (SCI) is highly variable between different regions and countries. A systematic search using multiple sources (e.g., PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Database of Systematic…
Introduction Dupuytren’s disease (DD) is an enigma. Histologically, DD is a myofibroplastic disease, resulting in painless cords in the hand that eventually lead to flexion contracture of the fingers. In…
