Main description:

Disorders of the Hand describes the techniques for diagnosis applicable to the various disorders of the hand and how evidence based findings influence clinical practice. Treatment options including surgery are discussed in detail and clinical pearls are given in every chapter.

Hand injuries are comprehensively covered in this first of four volumes, while hand reconstruction, nerve compression, inflammation and arthritis, swelling and tumours, congenital hand defects and surgical techniques are included in the book's three sister volumes.

Contents:

A Injury

Blood vessels

Nerves

Tendons - flexor

extensor

Skin cover

Fractures - distal interphalangeal joint and distal phalanx

proximal interphalangeal joint and middle phalanx metacapophalangeal joint and proximal phalanx,

carpo-metacarpal joint and metacarpal

carpo bones excluding scaphoid and distal radius.

Instability - thumb and finger instability

carpal instability

distal radioulnar joint instability

B.Reconstruction

Nerve - nerve reconstruction

tendon transfer

Tendons - extensor

flexor

Bone - malunion/non-union of the digits

scaphoid non-union

distal radius malunion

Instability - thumb and the digits

chronic instability of the fingers and thumb

carpal instability

C. Nerve Compression

Carpal tunnel

Ulna nerve of the elbow

Ulna nerve in the hand

Radial nerve compression

D. Inflammation

Tendon inflammation of the wrist

Tendon inflammation of the thumb

Tendon inflammation of the fingers including trigger finger

E. Inflammation and Osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis of the wrist

Osteoarthritis of the thumb

Osteoarthritis of the fingers

4. Rheumatoid arthritis

5. Soft tissue procedures of the wrist and distal radial ulna joint

6. Soft tissue procedures of the thumb

7. Soft tissue procedures of the metacarpophalangeal joint

8. Soft tissue procedures of the proximal interphalangeal joint

9. Bony procedures/arthroplasty of the wrist and distal radial ulna joint

10. Thumb MCP joint and PIP joint

F.Contractures

Dupuytren's contracture

Burns

Post trauma

Neurological

Swellings/tumours

Ganglion

Giant cell tumour

AV malformation

Glomus tumour

Neuroma/aneurysm

Congenital

Various formation of parts transverse and longitudinal

Various differentiation of parts

Duplication

Overgrowth

Undergrowth

Constriction ring syndrome

Generalised skeletal abnormalities