Upper Limb

Our research areas in upper limb and hands include:

Hands
  • Classification of phocomelia
  • Hand/eye dominance in congenital upper limb amputees
  • Scaphoid acute fixation versus conservative treatment for undisplaced fractures
  • Basal thumb arthritis, including trapeziometacarpal ligament constraint and surgical techniques to treat instability
  • Flexor digitorum profundus tendon avulsion: the effect on function and methods of surgical repair
  • Dart throwers motion at the wrist and surgical treatments including partial wrist fusions
Shoulder
  • Analysis of the return of function after shoulder dislocation and acromioclavicular joint dislocation
  • Arthroscopic stabilisation of the shoulder using bio-absorbable tacks to repair the Bankart lesion
  • Comparison of outcome of open and minimally invasive rotator cuff repair (arthroscopic and "Mini-Open" techniques)
  • Prospective audit of arthroscopic rotator cuff repair using bio-absorbable tacks
  • Biceps augmentation for massive rotator cuff tears
  • Calcific tendonitis
  • Short stem total shoulder replacement
  • Rotator cuff repair outcome and EuroQol scores
 

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