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Articles, technique notes, and reading

Patient-facing guides written in plain language alongside expert clinical writing for peers — covering operative technique, evidence appraisal, and decision-making in hand and reconstructive surgery.

Patient information

Plain-language guides to common conditions, what diagnosis involves, and what to expect from treatment.

  1. Patient information

    Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Patient's Guide

    Carpal tunnel syndrome causes numbness, tingling, and pain in the hand when the median nerve is compressed at the wrist. This guide explains how the condition is diagnosed, when surgery is indicated, and what recovery typically involves.

FESSH preparation

Reading notes and structured summaries for the FESSH Diploma examination in hand surgery.

  1. FESSH preparation

    Extensor tendon injuries: zone-based diagnosis and management

    Diagnosis, classification, splinting and surgical management of extensor tendon injuries, with contemporary rehabilitation evidence.

  2. FESSH preparation

    Flexor Tendon Injuries and Repair

    A clinical synthesis of contemporary primary flexor tendon repair: wide-awake anaesthesia, multistrand suture, pulley venting, early active rehabilitation.

  3. FESSH preparation

    Scaphoid fractures: contemporary diagnosis and management

    Scaphoid fracture diagnosis, the SWIFFT evidence, current European practice, and stratified treatment of non-union and SNAC wrist.