Today, October 7; 2014 is Dr. Harold Kleinert's birthday. An astute surgeon, an exemplary teacher and an extraordinary person.... Dr. Kleinert touched and transformed hundreds of thousands of lives around the world. His legacy and vision continues to improve patient care around the globe through the thousands of hand surgeons he has mentored and taught. In memoriam and [...]
What Every Orthopaedic Surgeon Should know about the Wrist Program details Why you should attend the POS Wrist Course:* Experienced faculty will present techniques for the evaluation and treatment of wrist injuries, ranging from management of initial injuries to reconstruction and salvage of chronic pathology. This intensive one day course features didactic lectures, case [...]
What Every Orthopaedic Surgeon Should know about the Wrist
The Hand Surgery Clinic offers comprehensive treatment for Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve InjuriesPraveen (name changed), a 26 year old computer engineer, met with a motorcycle accident on a rainy day last year. His world came crashing down when he realized that his right limb was completely paralyzed from shoulder down to the hand. Doctors in [...]
Payal (name changed), a young, dynamic IT professional; has been suffering from chronic, relentless pain in her right neck, shoulder and radiating down to her elbow & wrist. The pain is often accompanied with a pins & needles sensation in the fingers, and this often makes it impossible for her to continue working. She [...]
We must confess that it is in the human hand that we have the consummation of all perfection as an instrument.-----BELL, 1833The human hand is a miraculous instrument that serves us extremely well in a multitude of ways. We successfully use our hands to identify objects and to extract a wealth of information about them, [...]
Numbers:Did you know?Each hand contains (plus or minus... everyone is different, and everyone counts these things differently...)29 major and minor bones (many people have a few more).29 major joints.At least 123 named ligaments.34 muscles which move the fingers and thumb:17 in the palm of the hand, and18 in the forearm.48 named nerves:3 major nerves.24 named [...]
WELCOME TO THE HAND SURGERY CENTER PUNEComprehensive Shoulder to Hand Specialty ClinicInspiring Hope| Fostering Trust| Delivering Excellence| Ensuring SafetyOUR HANDSOur hands serve many purposes. Hands help us eat, dress, write, earn a living, create art, and do many other activities. They even help the blind to read and the mute to speak! Our hands are [...]