Treatment Options for Hand Arthritis

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by Ricardo Gibson

Hand surgery might be just about the last thing that comes to mind when medical procedures are mentioned. Your hands, however, play a vital role in your life. Just think about it. Fortunately, most hand issues can be dealt with surgically.

What can go wrong with your hands? Well, a wide variety of things. Still, arthritis is a major problem as is hand trauma. You know. Bashing your fingers with a hammer or accidently cutting them off. Whatever the occurrence, a treatment exists.

When you bash, twist or yank a part of the hand, you are often doing tendon damage. Tendons can split, fray or break. Fortunately, doctors are versed in putting them back together, but recover time can be up to a month.

Arthritis is a price you pay as you age. It is a terribly painful problem. Replacing arthritic joints is becoming more common in hand surgery. Your crusted over joints are replaced with artificial ones made of plastic and silicone. Relief is immediate and range of movement drastically improved.

Skin flap surgery is often needed for those that have been burned on the hands. This surgery is similar to skin grafting since it takes skin from other parts of the body and applies it to the hands. Most of the time, this procedure is highly effective, since the circulating blood of a patient will help the skin to heal properly.

Everybody knows someone who has lopped of a finger accidently. Replantation surgery is the medical term for putting those fingers back on. If the finger is lost or cannot be used, artificial ones are often used that will look a bit off, but work like a normal finger.

Cosmetic hand surgery is also becoming more popular these days. You might have unsightly veins or other issues you do not like. A surgeon can pursue various techniques to get rid of them. It is a specialty area, so make sure to use an experienced surgeon.

Losing the functionality of a hand would be very hard to deal with. Fortunately, you really do not have to worry about it much. Why? The medical profession has a pretty good handle on how to treat hand injuries.

About the Author:
Fascinated by the possibilities with plastic surgery procedures and options? Author Ricardo Gibson is a writer with the site PlasticSurgeonPractices.com, where you can find more of his articles as well as a free directory of plastic surgeons across the country.