Hand Surgery
CORRECTION syndactyly and polydactyly
Syndactyly, is the congenital fusion of two or more fingers may only affect the skin and soft tissues but also bones. The corrective action consists in the separation of the spokes are fused together by a broken line incisions and often with the use of skin grafts taken from the inguinal regions. If the surgery is performed in children requires a brief general anesthesia in polydactyly (supernumerary fingers), which is the most frequent congenital deformity of all, the finger can be more than just a sketch but a finger perfectly formed and functional. The removal of supernumerary fingers should always be taken after careful clinical evaluation and radiological preoperative
CORRECTION Dupuytren's disease
Operation to release the fibrous contracture can form in the palm of your hand by removing the strings and pathological fibrous nodules; lasts about an hour and is done in plexus anesthesia (axillary). Dupuytren's disease is progressive and, if not made slowly evolves from simple aponeurotic nodule of the palm to real retraction in flexion of the fingers, highly disabling. After action must be taken a padded elastic bandage for about eight days after which points will be removed, in very advanced cases may be necessary to even the skin grafts.
INTERVENTION FOR CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME
It consists of an incision in the wrist, and in the liberation of the median nerve compressed by the transverse carpal ligament, a surgery is very fast (15 minutes) and you can do under local anesthesia. The clinical symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome are usually loss of feeling in the first three fingers of the hand and subsequent loss of power to the prehension. Before surgery is done usually in neurology, a test called "speed run" of the median nerve to confirm the damage from compression on the nerve at the wrist.
As for other diseases related to the hand (hand rheumatoid outcomes of trauma and avulsion of the rays, etc ...) must be referred to the Specialist in Hand Surgery
