Hand Surgery YOUR WREN V

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COMPLETE CARE FOR Hand Surgery YOUR WREN V. MCCALLISTER, MD APRIL 2009 PATIENTS

• General Orthopedics

• Fracture care Hand Surgery

• Sports Medicine WHY VISIT A HAND problems related to these struc- —Arthritis of the fingers, hand, • Arthroscopy SURGEON? tures in the hand, wrist and el- wrist and elbow bow. • Minimally-invasive The hand is a unique area of the —Hand, wrist or elbow pain surgery Hand surgeons have received human body that is made up of —Work-related injuries to the bone, joints, ligaments, tendons, specialized additional training in • Spine hand, wrist and elbow muscles, nerves, skin and blood the treatment of hand, wrist and • Shoulder & Elbow vessels. These elements must all elbow problems beyond their HOW ARE THESE be in good working order for the board-certified specialty training CONDITIONS TREATED? • Hand & Wrist hand to function well. in orthopedic surgery. © ASSH Not all of the conditions treated • Hip & Knee The relationship between these COMMON CONDITIONS by a hand surgeon need surgery. Many conditions can be managed • Foot & Ankle structures is delicate and refined. TREATED BY HAND SURGEONS nonoperatively with medications, • Total Joint splinting, specialized hand therapy —Carpal tunnel syndrome Reconstruction or injections. —Other compressive neuropa- WHAT TO DO NEXT? • Physical Therapy thies of the extremity (cubital Visit www.AskEdmondsHand.com • Certified Hand tunnel, radial tunnel syndromes) to learn more about conditions Therapists —Lacerations and injury to of the hand, wrist and elbow, ask nerves and tendons • Interventional Pain a question or get help for your Management —Trigger finger patients. —Tennis elbow, Golfer’s elbow Dr. McCallister and his staff are committed to providing EDMONDS Figure 1 —Sport’s injuries of the hand, unparalleled care for your ORTHOPEDIC wrist and elbow patients in a convenient, CENTER (Figure 1) An injury or disease —Fractures of the hand, wrist can affect any or all of these compassionate and professional SURGEONS and elbow structures and impair the use of environment. —Dupuytren’s contracture James A. Alberts, MD the hand, wrist or elbow. Dr. McCallister participates in —Arthroscopy of the hand, the AMGA Patient Satisfaction Brian D. Cameron, MD A qualified hand surgeon is wrist, elbow Survery trained to diagnose and treat all Darcy S. Foral, MD

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Wren V. McCallister, MD About Dr. McCallister

Jeffrey P. Remington, MD —Visit www.edmondsortho.com McCallister’s patients. —Dr. McCallister is an invited (Dr. McCallister’s bio) to read —Dr. McCallister is overall “A” Consultant Reviewer for the unsolicited comments from Dr. rated on Angie’s List. official AAHS journal, HAND.