Department of Hand and Upper Limb Surgery
Peripheral Nerve Surgery and Shoulder Surgery
SOS Hand reimplantation

LAPEYRONIE Hospital
Hand and upper limb surgery
Rehabilitation of the hand and the upper limb
The teams
Consultations
Hospitalisation
Ambulatory patients
   
 
            Hand and upper limb surgery
 

Examples of pathologies treated in our ward

  • 1/ Shoulder

Rhizarthrosis
Dupuytren's contracture
Tenolysis or arthrotenolysis
Fractures (thumb, fingers)
Trigger finger
Section through flexor  tendons (DURAN-type heat-formed splint)
Section through  extensor tendons
Metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal sprain of the fingers and thumb (syndactilisation…)
(possibility of adding other pathologies)
Section through flexor  tendons
Section through extensor tendons
Tenolysis or arthrotenolysis
Fracture of the (5th) metacarpal
Dupuytren's contracture
Trigger finger
De Quervain's Tenosynovitis
Rhizarthrosis
Torn  rotator cuff (shoulder)
Elbow, shoulder and trapezo-metacarpal prostheses
Arthrosis and shoulder prostheses (anatomical or inverted).
Joint instability (dislocation of the shoulder …)
rotator cuff repairs under arthroscopy...

  • 2/ Elbow

Stiffness (arthrolysis)
Arthrosis
Epicondylalgia, (Tendinitis, Tennis elbow, Golf elbow)
Torn biceps...

  • 3/ Wrist

Fractures of the far end of the forearm bones
tendinopathy (De Quervain's syndrome)
arthrosis
torn ligaments
carpal instability
wrist fractures
osteonecrosis...

  • 4/ Hand

Arthrosis, finger stiffness
Sprained fingers and thumbs (ligament damage)
Finger and thumb fractures
Scaphoïd fractures
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Rhizarthrosis
Dupuytren's syndrome...

  • 5/ Peripheral nerve surgery

Paralysis and nerve grafts
Brachial plexus palsy
Cervico-thoracic outlet syndrome
Compartmental syndrome of the upper limb
Neuro-orthopaedics
Peripheral nerve palsy (radial, median, ulnar nerves)
Functional recovery surgery (tetraplegia, hemiplegia)...

  • 6/ Surgery for sports injuries

Follow-up for medium and high-level sportsmen and women, (volleyball, handball, basketball, judo, beach volleyball, rugby, football, tennis, golf, boxing etc…).

  • 7/ Rhumatoid Polyarthritis

  • 8/ Reconstructive surgery and microsurgery

Reimplantation of fingers and limbs
Transfers, flaps, grafts…