No matter what type of hand and wrist problem a patient may have, specialists with the Washington University Orthopedics Hand Center are available to provide a comprehensive evaluation and customized treatment plan. The center, with satellite offices in Chesterfield and in the Central West End at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Barnes-Jewish Hospital, features a team of physicians, therapists and nurses with experience and expertise in a wide range of hand conditions, including:
- Congenital pediatric hand deformities
- Nerve entrapment syndromes
Carpal tunnel syndrome, cubital tunnel syndrome, radial tunnel syndrome
- Dupuytren’s Contracture
- Fractures and dislocations of wrist, hand, distal radius, and distal ulna
- Ganglion cysts and tumors of the hand and wrist
- Hand problems resulting from stroke, cerebral palsy, or spinal cord injury
- Infections
- Arthritis of the thumb, hand, or wrist
- Sports-related injuries of the hand or wrist
- Trigger finger
- Tendinitis of hand, wrist, or elbow
- Tendon, nerve and blood vessel injuries – replantation surgery
- Vascular disease or circulatory disturbances in the hand
- Work related injuries and conditions