Hand & Nerve Surgeries

What Is Hand Surgerys?

Hand surgery encompasses more than the name suggests. In addition to the hands themselves, hand surgery covers all of the related components of the upper extremities: the fingers, wrists, arms, elbows, and shoulders.

What Is Nerve surgery?

Nerve surgery is used to improve function and minimize pain and disability in people with peripheral nerve disorders, such as acute nerve injuries, entrapment neuropathies, and nerve sheath tumors. It involves rerouting healthy nerves to take over the function of the nerves affected by your injury, disease, or condition.

Types of Hand Surgery?

  1. Closed reduction and fixation.
  2. Tendon repair .
  3. Nerve repairs.
  4. Surgical drainage and/or debridement.
  5. Joint replacement.
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Nerve Problems that May Need Surgery

  1. Carpal tunnel syndrome (is caused by pressure on the median nerve).
  2. Ulnar nerve compression (affecting nerves in the arm).
  3. Peroneal nerve compression in the knee (including foot drop).
  4. Meralgia parasthetica, which affects peripheral nerves in the thigh.
  5. Tarsal tunnel syndrome, which involves nerves passing through the ankle into the foot.