Hand

The hands and arms are the body's workhorses. The UCSF Hand, Upper Extremity and Microvascular Surgery Center includes a team of doctors who diagnose and treat conditions — such as Dupuytren's contracture, fractures of the hand and wrist and osteoarthritis — that affect the fingertips to the elbow.

Microvascular surgery — which involves operating on the tiny veins and arteries that bring sustaining blood to the hands — is one of the state-of-the-art treatments we offer.

Much of our work, both surgery as well as other treatments, is based on studies of current treatments as well as research on new treatments.

Read the story of one of our patients who underwent surgery for a hand injury.

For information about our doctors or to make an appointment, please call the Hand, Upper Extremity and Microvascular Surgery Center:

Reviewed by health care specialists at UCSF Medical Center.
Last updated August 29, 2007