Hand Surgery Topics

• digit amputations
• orthopedic surgeons
• carpal bones
• hand fellowship
• orthopedic surgery
• significant training
• general surgeons
• general surgery
• residency training
• tendons
• plastic surgery
• salvage
• fractures
• fellowships
• graduates
• mechanics
• plastic surgeons
• hand injuries

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Hand Surgery, Hand Surgery

Hand surgery may be practiced by graduates of general surgery, orthopedic surgery and plastic surgery. Plastic surgeons and orthopedic surgeons receive significant training in hand surgery during their residency training, with some graduates continuing on to do an additional one year hand fellowship. These fellowships are sometimes also pursued by general surgeons. Plastic surgeons are particularly well suited to handle traumatic hand and digit amputations that require a "replant" operation. Orthopedic surgeons are trained to reconstruct all aspects to salvage the appendage: tendons, muscle, bone. Orthopedic surgeons are particularly well suited to handle complex fractures of the hand and injuries to the carpal bones that alter the mechanics of the wrist.

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