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Did you know?

Surgery to fix a fracture of the distal radius is one of the most common orthopaedic operations

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Glossary

Wrist fracture = fracture of the distal radius

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Hand and Wrist

Broken Bones and Injury

Fractures (Broken Bones)

  • Distal Radius Fracture
  • Scaphoid Fractures
  • Wrist Fractures
Xray of a normal hand
Xray of a normal hand

Diseases and Syndromes

Hand

  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  • Dupuytren's Contracture
  • Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
  • Ulnar Tunnel Syndrome of the Wrist

Wrist

  • Arthritis of the Wrist
  • De Quervain's Tendinitis
  • Ganglion (Cyst) of the Wrist
  • Kienböck's Disease

Finger/Thumb

  • Arthritis of the Thumb

Treatment and Rehabilitation

Operations

  • Wrist Arthroscopy
  • Fixation of Distal Radial Fractures
  • Fixation of Scaphoid Fractures
  • Carpal Tunnel Release

Physiotherapy

hand anatomyDiagram of the Hand and Wrist

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