The UAB Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Hand and Upper Extremity Section specializes in the research, education, diagnosis, and treatment of a spectrum of disorders and injuries of the upper ...

The UAB Hand and Upper Extremity Fellowship provides comprehensive training in hand, upper extremity, and nerve surgery during a one-year ACGME-accredited Hand Surgery Fellowship program. This is a ...

splinting of the hand in a functional position. Fasciotomy. The appropriate approaches for decompression of upper extremity compartments are listed in Table 4. To assess the need for additional ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have come up with a better prosthetic hand that uses a hybrid design to carefully grip various objects with just the right amount of pressure.

Pioneering prosthetic hand carefully conforms and adjusts its grasp to avoid damaging or mishandling whatever it holds ...

[21] Compartment syndrome of the brachium is less common than that of the forearm or hand ... muscle and nerve death has occurred. Fibrous replacement of compartment contents or limb loss is ...