hand surgeon
Digit repair specialist
A hand surgeon is a physician who specializes in surgical treatment of conditions affecting the hand, wrist, and forearm—fractures, nerve damage, tendon injuries, carpal tunnel syndrome, and congenital deformities.
Hand surgeons typically train in orthopedic surgery or plastic surgery before subspecializing: The hand surgeon reattached his severed finger.
- orthopedicRelating to bone treatment
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
- tendonMuscle-to-bone connector
- carpal tunnelWrist's nerve passageway
- trigger fingerDigit that discharges firearms
microsurgery · fingers · wrist · nerve · reconstruction · stitches · dexterity · fracture · ligament · operating room · operating table · scrub in · arthritis · trauma · severed finger · precision · fine motor skills · gloves
- specialistsanalyst, consultant, technician, cardiologist, dermatologist
- OR personnelscrub nurse, scrub tech, anesthesiologist, first assistant, neurosurgeon
- bone doctorsorthopedist, spine specialist
hand surgeonpodiatrist
Lower limb specialist
cardiac surgeon · neurosurgeon · brain surgeon · general surgeon
hand, surgeon, hands, handed, handing, handy, handily, handiness, handbook