Hand & Arm Service: Conditions and Treatments
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Our hand and arm team sees patients in Boston, Danvers and Waltham.
Mass General surgeons use innovative approaches to treat all injuries and conditions of the arm, elbow, hand and wrist. Below is a listing of some of the conditions treated and surgeries offered by the Hand & Arm Service:
Arm
Hand
- Amputation and prosthetics
- Arthritis: Base of the thumb
- Arthritis: MP joint
- Arthritis: Osteoarthritis
- Arthritis: Rheumatoid
- Burns
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Cubital tunnel syndrome
- Dupuytren's disease
- Endoscopic carpal tunnel surgery
- Extensor tendon injuries
- Fingertip injuries
- Flexor tendon injuries
- Ganglion cysts
- Hand fractures
- Hand infections
- Hand tumors: Lumps & bumps
- Joint replacement in the hand and wrist
- Nail bed injuries
- Nerve injuries
- Numbness & tingling (not carpal tunnel syndrome)
- Replantation
- Tendon transfer surgery
- Thumb sprains
- Trigger finger
- Ultrasound-guided carpal tunnel surgery
- Vascular disorders
Elbow
- Cubital tunnel
- Elbow arthroscopy
- Elbow fractures
- Elbow replacement
- Lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow)
- Nerve injuries
- Replantation
Wrist
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- de Quervain's tendinitis
- Endoscopic carpal tunnel surgery
- Joint replacement in the hand and wrist
- Kienbock's disease
- Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD)
- Scaphoid fractures
- Schaphoid non-union
- Tendon transfer surgery
- Ultrasound-guided carpal tunnel surgery
- Vascular disorders of the upper extremity
- Wrist arthroscopy
- Wrist fractures
- Wrist sprains
Occupational Therapy
Thank you to the American Society for Surgery of the Hand for providing the patient education information on common conditions of the hand and upper extremity.
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