PROCEDURES
HAND AND FOOT SURGERY

As an orthopedic surgeon, Dr Joubert ensures to always explore non-surgical treatment methods before advises surgery. If all other treatment options have failed to treat various conditions that affect the hands and feet such as nerve compression syndromes, arthritis and deformities, surgery may be needed. In these cases, Dr Joubert will discuss the surgery and also what you can expect afterwards regarding recovery.

WHAT HAND AND FOOT CONDITIONS CAN BENEFIT FROM SURGERY?

The following cases may be surgically corrected or treated:

• Nerve compression syndromes - such as carpal tunnel syndrome, cubital tunnel syndrome, and radial tunnel syndrome in the hand and tarsal tunnel syndrome and morton’s neuroma in the feet.
• Tendonitis – including de Quervain's tenosynovitis and trigger finger; and Achilles Tendonitis, Peroneal Tendonitis, Posterior Tibial Tendonitis or Extensor Tendonitis in the foot and ankle.
• Inflammation of the joints – this may be due to osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, posttraumatic arthritis and gout. They are commonly called carpal tunnel syndrome, De Quervain syndrome and dupuytren’s contracture in the hand.
• Severe deformities - such as flat foot, hammer toe, claw toe, mallet toe, bunion (hallux valgus) and clinodactyly of the foot and in the hand, radial or ulnar clubhand, simple and complex syndactyly.

Dr Joubert is also equipped to handle trauma surgery on the hand or foot due to occupational injuries, dog bites and various other injuries to the musculoskeletal tissues of the hand or foot.