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Normally, surgery is performed using general anesthesia in which the patient is asleep. General anesthesia is not necessary for many surgeries and can be risky in some cases. Wide awake surgery is a technique that avoids this problem and can be performed in an operating room or in the office. It is ...

A sprained thumb is an injury to a ligament, which is a soft tissue that connects bones to each other at the joints to keep it stable, as opposed to a thumb fracture (break) which is an injury to the bone. The ulnar collateral ligament is the most injured ligament in the thumb. This particular ligam...

What to Know About a Hyperextended Elbow

Elbow pain can happen for various reasons, including when lifting objects. For example, repeatedly lifting heavy objects can cause repetitive strain injury.

The Arthri?tis Foundation estimates that about half of all women and a quarter of men will experience hand pain because of osteoarthritis  when the p...

Exercises for your hands and fingers can help prevent arthritis-related deformity and improve use of your hands by maintaining good integrity and functionality of your hand and finger joints.

A decade-long study of the most common forearm fracture in older adults revealed that personalized medicine catering to a patient's individual needs and environment, not age or X-rays, should guide treatment options.

Peripheral nerves connect your brain and spinal cord to the rest of your body. The peripheral nerves in your arms and hands allow you to move and to feel. Here are the basics of peripheral nerves injuries, including some specific details on the most common type of this injury, carpal tunnel syndrome...

Physicians who treat throwing athletes should be familiar with the role that adaptive changes, kinetic chain, internal impingement, and throwing volume and force play in shoulder injuries, according to a presenter.

Augmenting double-row arthroscopic rotator cuff repair with dermal allograft leads to improved functional outcomes after complex and revision rotator cuff tears, a new study finds.