Pediatric Hand Conditions
We provide comprehensive care for infants, children, adolescents and young adults with a wide range of injuries of the hand, wrist, arm, elbow and shoulder. Whether your child has a congenital condition, an injury or a complex issue, we have the expertise and resources to tailor care to your child’s needs.
We are the only pediatric fellowship trained orthopedic surgeons in SWFL who treat a significant number of hand and upper limb issues. Just as importantly, we specialize in treating children at various ages and stages of development with a focus on our patients’ healthy growth throughout childhood and adolescence.
Every time we make a treatment decision, we take each patient’s age, stage of growth and the potential impact on their future growth, independence and confidence into account.
Common Hand Conditions
Whether your child has a common injury or a complex condition, our goal is to provide the care and support our patients need to live the fullest and most functional lives they can.
- Fractures and dislocations of the fingers, hand, wrist, forearm, elbow or shoulder.
- Sports Injuries to any muscles, joints or tendons in the shoulder, elbow or hand from accidents, injuries or sports.
- Congenital or Developmental
- Syndactyly: Fingers that are webbed or joined together.
- Polydactyly: Extra fingers or thumb duplication.
- Hypoplastic digits: Missing or underdeveloped fingers.
- Macrodactyly: Abnormally large fingers.
- Camptodactyly: A flexed finger (bent at the middle joint) that cannot straighten. Most often affects the small finger.
- Clinodactyly: An abnormally bent or curved finger.
- Cleft hand: A split hand that is usually V-shaped.
- Radioulnar synostosis: An abnormal fusion of the bones in the forearm.
- Radial club hand: The radius bone in the forearm is missing or didn’t form properly during prenatal development.
- Ulnar club hand: The ulna bone wasn’t formed properly during prenatal development.
- Madelung deformity: An abnormally aligned wrist.
- Trigger finger: A common cause of bent thumbs in young children.
- Brachial Plexus Palsy: A form of paralysis caused by trauma to the upper brachial plexus in the spinal cord, usually during childbirth.
- Limb defects: A condition where part of the hand or arm fails to form properly during prenatal development.
- Tumors and Cysts: Endochondroma, osteochondroma, sarcoma, skin cancer, hemangioma, ganglion cyst and soft tissue tumor.