Hot Topics in Hand

In an interview with Healio, Steven S. Shin, MD, associate professor and executive vice chair in the department of orthopaedics at the Cedars-Sinai Health System, discussed treatment options for conditions and injuries to the hand, including “one of the most exciting pharmacologic treatments that we’ve seen in recent years,” for Dupuytren’s contracture.

• Bracing
• NSAIDS
• Cortisone injections
• Surgery

• NSAIDS
• Cortisone injection
• Wrist splinting
• Surgery

• Splinting
• NSAIDS
• Needle fasciotomy
• Cortisone injection
• Collagenase clostridium histolyticum (Xiaflex; Endo Pharmaceuticals)
• Surgery

• Bracing
• Casting
• Surgery

• Splinting
• NSAIDS
• Cortisone injection
• Surgery

• Finger splinting
• Cortisone injections
• Changing activity
• Surgery

References:

Healio Interview.

ASSH. Broken Hand. Available at: https://www.assh.org/handcare/condition/broken-hand. Accessed May 25, 2021. 

ASSH. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Available at: https://www.assh.org/handcare/condition/carpal-tunnel-syndrome. Accessed May 21, 2021.

ASSH. De Quervain's Tenosynovitis. Available at: https://www.assh.org/handcare/condition/dequervains-tenosynovitis. Accessed May 25, 2021. 

ASSH. Dupuytren’s Contracture. Available at: https://www.assh.org/handcare/condition/dupuytrens-contracture. Accessed May 21, 2021.

ASSH. Trigger Finger. Available at: https://www.assh.org/handcare/condition/trigger-finger. Accessed May 25, 2021.