As winter approaches, I tend to see many patients who suffer with pain in their hand and wrist joints. The most common sites of pain are the base of the thumb, the middle knuckle of the finger and in the wrist itself. Joint pain that is related to cold is usually due to osteoarthritis.
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A great honour today to be at our book launch for the new edition of The Oxford Handbook of #HandSurgery. All proceeds to go to #HelpTheHeroes and Homeless charities. We sold out of our copies!
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A great pleasure to open this years #BSSH Autumn Scientific Meeting in Westminster London. We had 12 excellent free research papers presented from across the UK and Europe. Congratulations to David Shewring, outgoing President and Professor Tim Davis who is also leaving the BSSH council after over 20 years of services to #HandSurgery
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Spire Hospital Manchester in Didsbury is holding a free awareness event, covering a variety of topics and health conditions, on November 3. The event will be attended by the hospital’s expert specialist consultants, who will deliver a series of engaging, informative talks on a variety of subjects, before answering questions from the audience. Talks will
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This week has been quite inspiring. I have had the opportunity to contribute to the planning of the hand service at the major trauma centre of Salford Royal Foundation Trust. The team is focused on developing excellent clinical services for multiply injured patients and this also includes hand injuries. The post graduate centre at Salford
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I was honoured to receive this letter of appreciation for our team’s work in developing the hand surgery training of surgeons, from developing countries across the globe. It was both rewarding and enjoyable.
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I was privileged enough to be awarded the ‘Stack fellowship’ by the British Society for Surgery of The Hand. Prior to myself, this prestigious award had only been ever been issued 3 times since its in inception in 2007. Click here to read about my travels across the world meeting, sharing and learning from the
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Bond Salon have a reputation of providing excellence around medical legal issues. This course in particular was about excellence and report writing and how to provide the best written evidence. The course was held at Wrightington Hospital. The barrister who lead the course was very experienced and knowledgeable, making the day both instructive and interactive.
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