“I didn’t realize I had a deformity until I went to school and saw everyone with two normal hands,” Brianna Cope tells PEOPLE ...

A 24-year-old man presents to the trauma unit following a motorcycle accident, with obvious deformity of his right hand. He was wearing a helmet at the time of injury and arrived alert and oriented, ...

The human hand is an intricate system comprised of bones, muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves, and blood vessels. When injury occurs—or congenital deformities, tumors, infections, or other medical ...

Scott Price was working with a wood splitter when it kicked out a fragment of a log, pinning his left hand against a metal plate and severing his thumb and forefinger. After his local hospital in ...

Background: Congenital Hand Deformity is an upper limb abnormality which present at the time of birth. Only 5% of congenital hand deformities occur as part of a recognized syndrome. Objective: To ...

Bobby Templin used to spend 12 hours a day – 60 hours a week – working as a heavy equipment operator and pipe fitter. The 32-year-old started working in construction in 2008 and said he likes the work ...

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Authorities in Germany are investigating the birth of three children with hand deformities in a city in the west of the country. The Sankt Marien Hospital in the city of Gelsenkirchen reported that ...

Due to the extent of injury and the risk for development of compartment syndrome, the patient was booked for open reduction and fixation of the right hand, wrist fractures, and dislocations. We also ...