Hand Surgery in Asheville, NC

Western North Carolina’s leading specialists in hand surgery & injury treatment

For more than 40 years, our fellowship-trained hand surgeons have offered the highest standard of care in the Western North Carolina region. We treat patients of all ages, utilizing a team of board certified surgeons, PAs, therapists, and medical staff to restore this essential part of your body to good working order.

Our extensive training and experience also include treatment of wrist and forearm conditions, upper extremity trauma reconstruction, and microsurgery. Our surgeons also provide the majority of hand trauma care at Mission Hospital.

Below is a partial list of the conditions and injuries our experienced Asheville hand surgeons treat.  We can provide a diagnosis and propose a treatment plan during your patient appointment.

Hand fractures & tendon injuries

• Finger Fractures (Boxer’s Fx) – a break in the metacarpal bones
• Distal Radius Fracture (wrist) – most common break in the arm, largest of the two bones in the forearm near the wrist
• Flexor Tendon Injuries – the tendons in the hand that bends the fingers
• Mallet Finger – an injury to tendon that straightens the finger, the fingertip droops and cannot be actively straightened

Diseases & Conditions

• Arthritis of Hand/Thumb– inflammation of joints causing stiffness and pain
• Boutonniere Deformity – injury to the tendon in the middle joint of fingers preventing straightening and finger tip is pulled upward.
• Dupuytren’s Contracture – tissue in palm that becomes thick and tight causing fingers to be pulled downward into palm.
• DeQuervain’s Tendinosis –inflammation of the tendons at base of thumb causing pain and unable to grip.
• Trigger Finger – injury to the tendon in fingers or thumb causing a locking or catching before straightening.
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome – causes hand numbness and pain from inflammation on the flexor tendons causing pressure on the nerve in the wrist.
• Ganglion Cyst – most common on top of hand and wrist, fluid filled lump or mass.