The hands, like hardly any other parts of the human musculoskeletal system, are extremely important organs of the body.
Hand surgery is a special discipline within surgery and orthopaedics. It includes the prevention, early detection, operative and conservative treatment of diseases, injuries and malformations of the hand, including microsurgical techniques.
Like hardly any other part of the human musculoskeletal system, the hands are extremely important organs of the body. They serve us to grasp, hold and work, but also to feel and touch, and they help us to convey feelings within the framework of interpersonal communication.
Due to the close proximity of skin, soft tissue, tendons, ligaments and bones as well as a multitude of blood vessels and nerves, the hand is particularly sensitive but also particularly delicate and vulnerable. How important the hand is for us can be seen especially when its function is limited.
In case of medical problems with the hand, the treatment should therefore be carried out by a particularly competent and specialized physician.
Typical diseases
- M. Dupuytren
- Flicking Finger
- Tendovaginitis stenosans
- Tendovaginitis crepitans
- Tendovaginitis de Quervain
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Stenosis of the Loge de Guyon
- Rhizarthrosis
- Polyarthrosis
- Tendon injuries
Further information
The additional designation hand surgery can be acquired after completed specialist training in orthopaedics, surgery, trauma surgery or plastic surgery as well as after fulfilment of the necessary further training prerequisites and performance of a defined operation catalogue and may be used in addition to the specialist designation as an additional designation.
