The orthopaedic specialists at the Penn Hand and Wrist Service are dedicated to treating all conditions that affect the hand and wrist. Recognizing that no two patients are alike – and neither are their hand and wrist conditions – Penn's experts create individualized patient treatment plans.
Conditions Treated
Penn's hand and wrist physicians evaluate, diagnose and treat the following injuries and conditions:
- Animal bites
- Arthritis
- Arthritis of the thumb
- Boutonnière deformity (finger deformity)
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Colles' wrist fracture
- Congenital anomalies
- Cubital tunnel
- Dupuytren's contracture
- Elbow fracture
- Elbow arthritis
- Finger fractures
- Ganglion (cyst) of the wrist
- Hand fractures
- Hand transplant
- Human bites
- Joint derangements
- Kienbock's disease
- Nerve injuries
- Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (rsd)
- Sports-related injuries
- Tendonitis
- Tendon injuries
- Trauma injuries
- Trigger finger
- Ulnar nerve entrapment
- Volkmann's ischemic contracture
- Work-related injuries
- Wrist pain
- Wrist fracture (scaphoid)
- Wrist sprains
Treatments
The team performs procedures such as:
- Arthroscopy
- Arthritis surgery for hand and wrist
- Carpal tunnel release
- Dupuytren's contracture release
- Hand transplant
- Ligament reconstruction for hand and wrist
- Microvascular surgery
- Nerve repair and release
- Reconstructive surgery
- Repair of hand and wrist factures
- Replantation of digits
- Syndactyly repair
- Trigger finger release
- Tendon repair
- Volkmann's ischemic contracture release
Need an appointment? Request one online 24 hours/day, 7 days/week or call 800-789-PENN (7366) to speak to a referral counselor.