Hand and Upper Extremity

Specialty trained, experienced surgeons and hand therapists treat all aspects of the hand: complex reconstructive problems, including replantation; skin, vascular, nerve, tendon and bone repair and reconstruction; Dupuytrens, benign and malignant tumors; rehabilitation and restoration of hands afflicted with arthritis; stroke problems, cerebral palsy, congenital conditions, and work-related injuries, especially cumulative disorders such as carpal tunnel syndrome.

In the Hand & Upper Extremity Center, the department's specialists see adult and pediatric cases. Children requiring surgery are treated at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.

Through the Medical College of Wisconsin Hand Trauma Association, the department's experts collaborate with their counterparts in plastic surgery.

The department also works in conjunction with physical medicine specialists and therapists at Curative Rehabilitation Services to treat injuries and chronic maladies of the nerves of the upper extremities, and with Medical College radiologists based at Milwaukee Regional Medical Center, especially in the evaluation of obscure wrist pain.

Ongoing research includes evaluation of surgical procedures, tendon material, microsurgery, and bone fixation techniques.

The department offers a post-graduate fellowship training program in hand surgery with cross-rotations in plastic surgery.