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

Contents:

Nerve Reconstruction.- Tendon Transfers.- Extensor Tendon Reconstruction.- Flexor Tendon Reconstruction.- Malunion/Nonunion Of The Digits.- Scaphoid non union.- Distal Radius Malunion.- Local Vascular Bone Graft Reconstruction.- Chronic Instability of the Fingers and Thumb.- Chronic Carpal Instability.- Chronic Distal Radio-ulna Instability.- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.- Median Nerve Entrapment in the Forearm.- Ulnar Nerve of the Elbow.- Ulnar Tunnel Syndrome.- Compressive Neuropathies of The Radial Nerve.