Surgical Procedures for Ketan Sharma, MD

Hand and Upper Extremity Reconstruction

  • Vascularized joint transfer (finger joint replacement with a joint from a toe) for arthritis or trauma
  • Amputated finger(s) or thumb reconstruction with free toe transfer
  • Wrist or finger joint repair, replacement (silicone or pyrocarbon arthroplasty), or denervation
  • Thumb base carpometacarpal joint (CMC) replacement, suspensionplasty, or denervation
  • Forearm, wrist, hand, or finger fracture repair
  • Botox injections or minimally invasive surgery for tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis)
  • Minimally invasive (arthroscopic) wrist reconstruction, partial fusion, or fusion
  • Arthroscopic assisted distal radius fracture repair (ensures near perfect restoration of joint surface)
  • Minimally invasive, same day management of Dupuytren’s cords and contractures
  • Minimally invasive carpal tunnel surgery
  • Minimally invasive cubital tunnel (ulnar neuropathy) surgery
  • Ulnar nerve transposition
  • Ulnar nerve supercharge surgery
  • Shoulder tendon transfers for otherwise unrepairable rotator cuff injury
  • Tendon repair, graft, or transfer
  • Nerve repair, graft, or transfer
  • Lympho-venous bypass
  • Lymph node transfer

Pediatric Hand Differences

  • Syndactyly repair
  • Removal of extra digits (polydactyly)
  • Thumb stabilization or creation (pollicization)
  • Rebalancing procedures for deviated forearms, wrists, hands, fingers (radial longitudinal deficiency, ulnar deficiency, Madelung deformity)
  • Digit lengthening
  • Reduction of overgrown fingers or limbs (macrodactyly)
  • Surgical management of vascular malformations (hemangioma, arteriovenous malformation, lymphatic malformation)
  • Tendon transfers for partial paralysis (arthogryposis, cerebral palsy, spasticity)