Plastic and Craniofacial Surgery: What We Treat
Congenital and Pediatric Hand Deformities
The Hand Surgery Clinic provides diagnosis and treatment for infants and children with acute hand injuries and post traumatic injuries to the hand as well as non-traumatic conditions such as cysts, masses, nerve conditions and congenital deformities. In-house occupational therapy also is provided by a registered occupational therapist which can be done at the time of appointment.
Procedures performed or problems diagnosed and treated:
- Congenital hand problems (polydactyly, syndactyly, radial club hand, thumb absence)
- Microsurgery
- Nerve palsy, stroke-related palsy, brachial plexus injury
- Cerebral palsy
- Hand, wrist and finger fractures
- Distal radius fractures
- Tendon and nerve lacerations
- Hand lacerations
- Amputation
- Near amputation
- Reimplantation
- Splinting, casting, dressing changes and suture removal
- Nail-bed injury
- Burn, wound and scar management
- Secondary hand reconstruction
- Hand/wrist tumors
