Orthopedic Treatments

Wrist Surgery

Wrist surgery is a branch of surgery that deals with the diseases and treatment of the upper extremity, which starts from the shoulder and extends to the fingertip. Our hands are of great importance to meet our basic needs and to be able to produce. Many temporary or permanent problems, especially injuries that impair hand functions, affect our lives significantly. It is possible to treat injuries with hand surgery. In this article, we will take a look at some of the procedures applied in wrist surgery.

Subject of the Wrist Surgery

Hand and wrist surgery is a comprehensive orthopedic specialty and orthopedic specialists deal with this field. Topics of interest in hand and wrist surgery include:

Hand and wrist injuries,
Arthritis treatment including osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, which change and damage the structures in your hand and wrist,
Degenerative changes in the structures of your hand and wrist,
Infections,
Hand and wrist problems or defects present at birth.

Wrist Surgery Method: Arthroscopy

We will consider arthroscopy, one of the types of wrist surgery. Arthroscopy, a wrist surgery method that allows the doctor to see inside the joint, is performed after a patient has suffered an injury, such as a fall or twisted wrist, and experiences pain, clicking, or swelling. Because these symptoms may mean that the wrist may have a permanent problem. Arthroscopy is often the best way to look directly at the injury and repair it. The purpose of this surgery is to help align wrist fractures, remove certain ganglia of the wrist, clear the infection, or remove excess joint lining associated with inflammation from conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis.

The procedures we have examined in this and previous chapters and the procedures listed below fall within the field of hand and wrist surgery and can be treated by specialist doctors in Turkey:

Nerve entrapment
Hand Tumors
Trigger Finger
Dupuytren’s Contracture

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