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What is hand surgery?

Updated: 11/13/2022
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Hand surgery deals with both surgical and non-surgical treatment of conditions and problems that may take place in the hand or upper extremity including injury and infection.

Hand Medicine is a special interdisciplinary treatment that includes other specialist areas such as physiotherapy, neurology, rheumatology, radiotherapy, anaesthesia, and hand surgery to treat the hand area optimally.

Prof Dr Robert Hierner is one of the most distinguished Hand Surgeon in Dubai.

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Hand surgery refers to procedures performed to treat traumatic injuries or loss of function resulting from such diseases as advanced Arthritis of the hand.

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