An amputation is the removal of a body part. Removal could be the result of an accident (traumatic injury) or a planned amputation due to disease or a tumour.
Surgeons can perform a bone graft to repair or rebuild damaged bone in many areas of your body.
Are you suffering from pain, tingling or a numbness in your hand or arm? If so, you may be suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome which can be easily treated at Nuffield Health Cheltenham Hospital.
Dupuytren’s disease occurs when scar-like tissue forms just beneath the skin of the fingers and the palm of the hand. Over time this fibrous tissue can contract and force one or more fingers to permanently curl up into the palm.
Shockwave therapy is a non-surgical treatment, and works by delivering impulses of energy, targeted to specific damaged tissues within the abnormal tendon.
The need for hand surgery can arise from a variety of problems including arthritis, carpal tunnel syndrome, cubital tunnel release, de quervain’s and dupuytren’s.