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This site is dedicated to our patients, and is founded on the principle that the doctor's purpose is to educate the patient so that they can be better able to manage their own healthcare.
  • Anatomy
  • Boutonniere Deformity
  • Carpal Tunnel
  • Certified Hand Therapist
  • Cortisone Injections
  • Cox-2 Inhibitors
  • Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
  • deQuervian's
  • Distal Radius Fracture
  • Dupuytren's Disease
  • Felon
  • Fingertip Amputation
  • Fingertip Crush Injuries
  • Fingertip Infections
  • Fractures And Casts
  • Game Keeper's Tumb
  • Ganglion Cyst
  • Growth Plate Injuries
  • Glomus Tumor
  • Herbal Supplments
  • Hypertrophic Granulation Tissue
  • Kienbock's Disease
  • Lunotriquentral Instability
  • Mallet Finger
  • Nail Fungus Infections
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Osteoporosis
  • Paronychia
  • Reflex Symathetic Distrophy
  • Scaphoid Fracture
  • Tendon Laceration
  • Tennis Elbow
  • Thoratic Outlet Syndrome
  • Trigger Finger
  • Broken Wrist
  • Wrist Arthroscopy
  • Workers Compensation

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Disclaimer and Terms of Use

Use of this site implies acceptance of the disclaimer and terms of use. Visitors to this site will find treatment and/or surgical information provided as an educational service to my patients. You are free to use this site if you are not our patient, but please remember that the information found on this site is not a substitute for personalized medical attention. You should not use this information, or the Internet in general, as a substitute for real medical care by a physician. No matter how hard you try, you will be giving yourself second-rate and substandard care. You deserve better care than that! Always consult a physician for medical care.

The Iowa Hand Center is not engaged in providing medical or professional services via this web site except to their own, established patients who are currently under care for the problem they are viewing on the web site. The Iowa Hand Center assumes no responsibility for the use of this site by non-patients, or for medical decisions made without consultation with a qualified health professional. While this web site is updated frequently, any one page may be out of date and any information may be out of date. Visiting this web site is not intended to create, nor does it create, a doctor-patient relationship.