Hand Surgery

Crystal Run’s fellowship-trained hand surgeons specialize in treatment of advanced deformities and traumatic injury as well as chronic and arthritic conditions of the hands and upper extremities. They treat everything from carpal tunnel syndrome, fractures and lacerations, to Trigger finger (stenosing tenosynovitis) and Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis). In our state-of-the-art Ambulatory Surgery Center, our hand surgeons perform same-day procedures for carpal tunnel, wrist and hand fractures, as well as nerve and vessel repairs.

At Crystal Run, hand surgery is a multi-disciplinary approach involving your orthopedic hand or general hand surgeon, our pain management team, and follow-up care with an occupational or physical therapist. Our physical & occupational therapy department offers a comprehensive hand therapy and work hardening program designed to rehabilitate and restore function to those with conditions affecting the hands and upper extremities.

Common hand-related problems and injuries:

• Amputations
• Burns
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• DeQuervain's disease (affecting the thumb)
• Dupuytren's contracture (fingers flex toward the palm and cannot be straightened)
• Fractures:
  • Hand
  • Wrist
  • Forearm
  • Elbow
  • Humerus (upper arm)
• Ganglion cysts (non-cancerous lumps in the wrist or hand)
• Lacerations (cuts)
• Mallet finger (or baseball finger – which affects the top joint of the finger)
• Nailbed injuries
• Skier's thumb/goal keeper's thumb
• Tendon flexor injuries (deep cuts that can affect movement in the hand or wrist)
• Tennis elbow/lateral epicondylitis
• Trigger finger (finger stuck in a bent position)
• Ulnar nerve compression (nerve irritation causing pain in the outer side of the arm or hand)