Trauma (including late
reconstruction)
 Acute elbow trauma and late reconstruction
• Fingertip Injuries
Fractures and Dislocations of hand/wrist/forearm/elbow/upper
arm and shoulder
• Soft tissue/ skin loss to
hand and upper extremity
• Replantation Surgery (reattachment
of digits/hand and arm
• Industrial Accidents
• Brachial Plexus Injury (acute
and chronic)
Inflammatory conditions
Tennis Elbow (lateral epicondylitis)
Tendonitis
of digits and wrist
• Dupuytren's Contracture
Shoulder
bursitis/ frozen shoulder
Rheumatoid arthritis and
other inflammatory arthritides
Degenerative conditions
Osteoarthritis
of all joints in hand and upper limb
• Rotator Cuff tears
• Post-traumatic Arthritis
Congenital problems
• Absence/Duplication of thumb
and digits
• Wrist/Elbow deformity
• Obstetric Palsies (i.e. Erb's
palsy)
Sports injuries
Tennis
Elbow (lateral epicondylitis)
Wrist
cartilage/ligament tears
Athletic
Injuries in the Hand and Wrist
• Overuse syndromes
• Ligamentous and Joint Capsule
injuries (i.e. skier's thumb)
• Shoulder Instability
• Elbow loose bodies
Nerve compression disorders
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Ulnar nerve compression
at elbow (Cubital Tunnel Syndrome)
• Brachial Plexus compression
(Thoracic Outlet Syndrome)
Tumors
Ganglion
Cysts of wrist and hand
• Benign soft tissue and bony tumors
• Malignant tumors of upper extremity
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