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Hand & Wrist: Dr. Alejandro Badia Expert Hand & Wrist Surgeon
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Thumb Basal Joint Arthritis
Posted on Monday, May 1st, 2000April 12, 2005 Author: Alejandro Badia, M.D, F.A.C.S. Arthritis was a topic of discussion for one instructional and two review courses at the AAHS Annual Meeting in January. HSQ has invited several of the presenters from the meeting to bring their insights and expertise to this edition of the Around the Hand Table. The moderator for this discussion is Miguel Saldana, MD, Hand[...]
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Surgical Options for Thumb Basal Joint Arthritis
Posted on Monday, May 1st, 2000Author: Alejandro Badia, M.D, F.A.C.S. Section Heading SUB HEADING a report by Alejandro Badia, MD, FACS Hand & Upper Extremity Surgeon Incidence Osteoarthritis of the basal joint of the thumb is the second most common location for arthritis in the hand. However, it is by far the most functionally disabling. While distal interphalangeal joint arthritis is much more common,[...]
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Tumors – Ganglion Cyst’s
Posted on Monday, May 1st, 2000.carousel-test .glide__slide.slide {text-align: center;} A ganglion cyst is a tumor or swelling on top of a joint or the covering of a tendon (tissue that connects muscle to bone). It looks like a sac of liquid (cyst). Inside the cyst is a thick, sticky, clear, colorless, jellylike material. Depending on the size, cysts may feel firm or spongy. One large cyst or many smaller ones[...]
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Fractures of the Proximal Phalanx
Posted on Monday, May 1st, 2000For this discussion, we enlisted the moderating skills of Alan Freeland, MD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS. Joining him in the discussion are hand sur- geons Alejandro Badia, MD, FACS, Miami Hand Center, Miami, FL; Amit Gupta, MD, Department of Orthopedics, University of Louisville,[...]
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Median Nerve Compression Secondary to Fractures of the Distal Radius
Posted on Monday, May 1st, 2000Fractures of the distal radius and carpal tunnel syndrome are both commonly occurring entities seen in the wrist. The latter condition is an occasional complication that should be well recognized as a result of the former traumatic condition. While treatment of distal radius fractures is currently undergoing a treatment revolution, the complication of carpal tunnel syndrome should[...]
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Total Joint Arthroplasty in the Treatment of Advanced Stages of Thumb Carpometacarpal Joint Osteoarthritis
Posted on Monday, May 1st, 2000April 12, 2007 Author: Alejandro Badia, MD, S.N. Sambandam, MS Download Article: CMC_JHS06.pdf Purpose Osteoarthritis of the thumb basal joint is a very common and disabling condition that frequently affects middle-aged women. Many different surgical techniques have been proposed for extensive degenerative arthritis of the first carpometacarpal (CMC) joint. Joint replacement[...]
