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I am on active duty in Iraq. I have a very tender wrist nodule that is causing a trigger finger. The trigger finger is aggravated by almost everything I do with my hands. They are going to ship me out to have surgery. How soon can I get back with my unit after this type of operation?1 year 1 week ago198
I am planning to see an orthopedic surgeon on the recommendation of my family practice nurse for what might be carpal tunnel syndrome. What should I expect?21 weeks 1 day ago160
I am scheduled to have an operation to repair a torn tendon in my hand. The doctor works at a large teaching hospital. How will I know if they will be using new, untried methods on me?7 years 36 weeks ago682
I am self-employed as a roofer for new housing projects. Two months ago, I sliced a tendon in my thumb. It hasn't healed so now I'm having surgery. The surgeon will transfer an extra tendon from one side of my thumb to the other. How much longer am I going to be off work?2 years 5 weeks ago544
I am trying to be a good health care consumer by requesting copies of my medical reports and reading them. Last month, I had carpal tunnel release surgery. I understand everything in the surgeon's report except one phrase: nerve coverage with an interposition technique. Can you explain this to me?10 weeks 1 day ago74
I broke my wrist trying to learn how to do a flip on my son's skate board (dumb human trick). I had surgery to put it all back together, and now I have carpal tunnel on that side. Is there a connection or is it just my bad luck?1 year 1 week ago214
I broke several bones in my thumb when I was in high school. Could this be why I now have arthritis in my thumb joint?8 years 1 week ago842
I broke the tip of my index finger playing baseball with my kids. I had to wear a splint for a month. It seems to have healed okay but it looks funny. There's a large bump on the back of the finger. Is this a sign of early arthritis? It doesn't hurt yet.4 years 22 weeks ago525
I broke the tip of my index finger trying to poke a hole in some ice. The doctor said it was an unusual cause of a mallet finger fracture. What's the usual cause?4 years 22 weeks ago399
I broke the tip of my middle finger. It's stuck in a bent position. Now I have to wear a splint all day everyday for five or six weeks. Isn't there an operation that could repair this much faster?4 years 22 weeks ago1129
I can pull my thumb down far enough to touch it to my forearm. No one else I know can dothis. Am I double jointed?4 years 14 weeks ago540
I can't believe how many people I know (including myself) have carpal tunnel syndrome. Is this an epidemic or what?1 year 21 hours ago203
I can't decide if I should or shouldn't have carpal tunnel surgery. I'm worried I won't be able to get my work done at home or at work. But I'm also aware that there are quite a few things I'm not doing very well because of the pain and numbness. How do other people make this decision?8 weeks 1 day ago91
I cut the tendon that bends my middle finger. It's been four weeks and my doctor still won't allow me to really exercise it. Wouldn't a good strength workout help my hand?7 years 36 weeks ago1413
I don't even know where to begin to tell you what I want to know. First of all, I fell off a cliff while out hiking in the west. I survived but my elbow didn't. I broke the radial head into tiny pieces. They took the top of that bone out completely. While I was recovering from the other injuries, the forearm froze up. Now I can't turn my palm up past neutral. I guess I'm wondering if that's because the radial head was removed -- or is there some other problem?22 weeks 3 days ago141
I fell last month while skiing. At the time, I didn't think I had hurt anything. But now I have a trigger finger that's painful and annoying. Could this be from the skiing accident?1 year 46 weeks ago490
I fell on the slippery streets this winter. There’s a tear in the radial collateral ligament of my thumb. The doctor doesn’t think surgery is needed and put me in a cast. How is this decision made?5 years 44 weeks ago516
I fell yesterday right onto my left wrist. And wouldn't you know it? It's the same wrist I had carpal tunnel surgery on last year. Now my carpal tunnel symptoms are back. How can that happen?1 year 11 weeks ago341
I had a carpal tunnel release done three months ago. The pain in my hand is gone but now I'm having pain along the outside of my wrist (on the little finger side). Could this new pain be coming from the carpal tunnel surgery?4 years 22 weeks ago462
I had a carpal tunnel release surgery that didn't do the trick. I still have hand pain and thumb and finger numbness. The surgeon wants to go back in and repeat the procedure. If it didn't work the first time, what guarantee do I have that it will work a second time?10 weeks 1 day ago206
I had a fall from horseback riding and fell on my thumb. The radial collateral ligament was torn. The doctor did surgery to repair it, but advised me there could be “residual symptoms.” What would these be?6 years 36 weeks ago398
I had a fitness test at my doctor's office. They used a test of my grip strength to determine my overall strength. Is this an adequate test? I don't see how my grip strength tells anything about how strong my arms are.4 years 44 weeks ago419
I had a skiing accident and sprained both my thumbs. It took a long time to heal. Now the doctor tells me I have basal joint arthritis. What does this mean exactly?4 years 44 weeks ago425
I had a steroid injection into my wrist for carpal tunnel syndrome. It really helped, but I'm starting to notice a return of my numbness and tingling. This is a real problem because I make clothing alterations for a living. If I can't feel the tips of my fingers, I poke myself repeatedly. Should I go for another injection?1 year 1 week ago580
I had an EMG and nerve conduction test done to find out what's causing the painful numbness and tingling in my left hand. The tests came out all normal but the carpal tunnel surgery I had done worked great. Why is that?2 years 16 weeks ago5224
I had an operation six years ago on my right thumb for painful arthritis with good results. I need the same kind of treatment for my other thumb, too. The hand surgeon wants to do a suspensionplasty instead of a tendon transfer. What's the advantage of this kind of operation over the kind I've already had?3 years 29 weeks ago576
I had carpal tunnel surgery and my wrist pain is gone but my grip strength is worse than before. Will I ever get back to full strength?2 years 50 weeks ago1788
I had surgery to restore movement in two fingers that had been permanently bent because of Dupuytren’s. Now I have a lack of feeling in the tip of one of those fingers. Will this go away?7 years 36 weeks ago301
I had surgery two weeks ago to repair a tendon in my first finger. I've been told how to move it to prevent scarring but I'm afraid to move it. What if I ruin the surgery? What if the tendon ruptures again?3 years 14 weeks ago453
I had that new fancy carpal tunnel release without a scar. I thought it was going to give me a speedy recovery. But I noticed a fellow co-worker who had the same surgery with an open incision was back to work just as fast. What's the advantage of this new technique? Is there one or did I just get talked into something I really didn't need?37 weeks 1 day ago177
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