A hospital in Somerset is vastly improving the lives of patients living with arthritis in their thumbs thanks to a new kind ...

Leading consultant, orthopaedic surgeon Alison Edwards, who specialises in hand surgeries, performed the procedure, known as Trapeziometacarpal joint replacement, at the Practice Plus Group Hospital ...

Consultant surgeon, Alison Edwards, who trained in Geneva and Bristol to hone her skills in this area, says: “We have had great success with this new type of surgery for patients suffering with ...

“I’ve now done over 100 thumb replacement surgeries using the new thumb joint replacement procedure and I’m very impressed by how quickly patients seem to recover and have a good range of ...

Before joint replacement surgery became common, arthrodesis was the standard surgery used ... Similarly, if your surgery was in your hand, the joint will need to be immobilized for a few weeks. For ...

Even when knee replacement surgery is successful, stiffness in the knee joint can remain. People with a stiff knee after surgery may be unable to fully straighten the leg, to bend the knee, or both.

From the cost of the MRI to Humira to the all-in cost of a total joint replacement surgery, the United States is a more expensive country than a group of six other industrialized countries in 2014.

Your fingers lean away from your thumb and toward your pinky. Boutonnière deformity. It's also called a buttonhole deformity. Your middle finger joint bends downward (toward your palm), while ...

The Joint Replacement in a Day program, an initiative at UTMB Health, aims to provide eligible patients with the option to go home the same day for their hip and knee replacement surgeries ...