Learn why tennis elbow is usually treated without surgery, what else can cause outer-elbow pain and when an operation may be considered.
Learn how finger nerve injuries cause numbness, how they are assessed and when direct repair, a conduit or a nerve graft may be considered.
Learn how flexor and extensor tendon injuries differ, when repair may be needed and why rehabilitation is essential to recovery.
Learn why persistent pain after a wrist sprain may indicate ligament injury and when immobilization, arthroscopy or repair may be considered.
Learn why some hand and wrist fractures heal in a cast while others need surgical fixation, and which factors guide the decision.
Learn how hand and wrist lumps are evaluated, when imaging or biopsy may be needed and when surgical removal may be considered.
Learn why mucous cysts form near the fingertip joint, how they affect the nail and when observation or surgical treatment may be considered.
Learn when a wrist or hand ganglion cyst can be observed, aspirated or surgically removed and why recurrence can occur after treatment.
Understand how trapeziectomy and thumb basal-joint arthroplasty are related, when surgery is considered and what recovery involves.
Learn how Dupuytren’s nodules, cords and contracture are assessed and when observation, injection or surgery may be discussed.