Neck of 5th Meta Carpal Fracture
You have sustained an injury to the neck of your 5th meta carpal (long bone on the outside of your hand)
Hand
Mucous Cyst
A mucous cyst is a ganglion that appears on the back of a finger or thumb, near the end joint (DIP joint in the finger, IP joint in the thumb). A ganglion is collection of fluid arising from the nearby joint.
Metacarpal Shaft Fracture
You have broken one of your metacarpal bones (long bones in your hand- see picture).
Managing Dupuytren’s disease
Dupuytren’s disease is a disorder of the palmar fascia of the hand. The palmar fascia is the connective tissue lying under the skin in the palm and the fingers. The condition may vary from small lumps, or bands, to very thick bands that cause the fingers to curl into the palm of the hand. Typically…
Mallet Finger
Mallet finger is the drooped-down deformity of the end section of a finger, after damage to the extensor tendon.
Hand Soft Tissue Injury
You have sustained a soft tissue injury to your hand. This means there is no bony injury but you may have hurt the structures around them.
Dupuytren’s Disease
Dupuytren’s is a thickening of the fibrous tissue between the skin and the tendon sheaths in the hands.
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is all the symptoms that a patient has when there is pressure on the median nerve at the wrist.
Carpal fracture (undisplaced)
You have broken one of your carpal bones (small bones at the bottom of thehand- see picture). The orthopaedic consultant has assessed this as a small stable fracture.
Carpal Fracture (for review)
You have broken one of your carpal bones (small bones at the bottom of the