Hand and wrist arthritis
Dr Jill Tomlinson offers a full range of hand and wrist surgery services. In the management of arthritis this includes treating:
- Arthritis after injury (termed "post traumatic arthritis")
- Inflammatory arthritis
- Osteoarthritis
- Rheumatoid arthritis (read about rheumatoid arthritis medications and surgery here)
Treatments can include non-surgical management (including corticosteroid injections) as well as surgical treatments such as:
- Joint fusion (called "arthrodesis")
- Joint replacement (also called "joint arthroplasty")
- Removal of bones (such as "trapeziectomy", and "proximal row carpectomy" procedures)
- Tendon interposition and realignment ("suspension arthroplasty")
- Wrist arthroscopy (looking inside the wrist joints with a small telescope)
If you're looking for information about specific joints of the hand or wrist, try these pages:
- Basal joint arthritis (= arthritis affecting the base of thumb, in the 1st carpometacarpophalangeal joint)
- Distal interphalangeal joint arthritis
- Partial wrist fusion
- Proximal interphalangeal joint arthritis
- Total wrist fusion
We appreciate that the anatomical terms and medical words are confusing. The following image may help you sort out which is which:
And if you're still not sure, please be sure to ask your surgeon!
If you cannot find the information that you are searching for please use the "search" function on this website - with so many different categories of hand conditions the search box may be the best way to find what you are looking for! If we don't have information on what you are interested in please let us know, so we can develop new content that will assist you and future visitors.