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)