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Hand-Surgery
Hand surgery is a key element of Plastic surgery. The importance of our hands to master everyday life and the density of important anatomical structures make microsurgical expertise crucial in the surgical treatment of problems with our hands.
The surgeon needs detailed anatomical knowledge of the Read more
Dupuytren´s disease
Originally described as “coachman´s disease “ the condition was named after a French surgeon who first described it in the 18. Century. The condition is very frequent among patients with the so-called Celtic skin type. Often misconceived as a shortening of flexor-tendons, in reality it is a contractive disease of the underlying soft-tissues. Definite causes for the disease remains unknown, but the large numbers of patients... Read more
Carpal tunnel syndrome
The carpal tunnel is the space where the long flexor tendons to the long fingers and to the thumb as well as one major nerve (median nerve) course into the palm of the hand. Various reasons can lead to a raise in pressure inside the canal and therefore to affection of the nerve.
Whatever the cause, the symptoms are nearly always the same: pain, numbness, loss of sensitivity in the long fingers and in the worst case motoric impairment of the thumb.
Surgical treatment is splitting the rigid ligament on the “roof” of the carpal canal to relive pressure. This will be sufficient in most of the cases. Very rarely, should a motor palsy of the thumb already have occurred, will a tendon transfer be required.
Trigger finger
Our flexor tendons are kept in position via fibrous bands, so called “pulleys”. The first in line of these pulleys can block... Read more
Ulnar tunnel syndrome
Another possible source of nerve compression is in the region of the elbow or in the inner side of the wrist (the so called “Loge du Guyon”).. Read more
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