Comprehensive Treatment Guides
Detailed guides about diseases, surgical procedures, and recovery — written by Prof. Dr. Egemen Altan.
Morton's Neuroma — Complete Patient Guide
Morton's neuroma is irritation and thickening of tissue around a digital nerve in the forefoot; it is not a true tumor. Treatment…
Rotator Cuff Tears — Complete Patient Guide
Rotator cuff tears may follow trauma or age-related tendon degeneration. Treatment is individualized according to tear characteristics, pain, weakness, functional loss and…
Meniscus Tears — Complete Patient Guide
Meniscus tears may be traumatic or degenerative. Management depends on tear pattern, displacement, locking, associated injuries and patient goals, with an emphasis…
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome — Complete Patient Guide
Cubital tunnel syndrome is compression of the ulnar nerve at the inner elbow. It may begin with numbness in the little and…
Hip Labral Tear — Complete Patient Guide
A hip labral tear can cause groin pain, catching or pain with movement, but an MRI finding alone does not determine the…
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome — Complete Patient Guide
Carpal tunnel syndrome is compression of the median nerve at the wrist. Diagnosis is often clinical, and treatment is individualized from night…
Delayed Wrist Fractures — Complete Patient Guide
Treatment of a distal-radius malunion or nonunion is based not only on X-ray appearance but also on pain, motion, grip strength, joint…
Wrist Arthroscopy — Complete Patient Guide
Wrist arthroscopy uses a small camera through portals to inspect the joint and can assist treatment of selected TFCC, ligament, cartilage, ganglion…
Wrist Ganglion Cysts — Complete Patient Guide
Ganglion cysts are among the most common benign lumps of the hand and wrist. Most are harmless and need no treatment; aspiration…
Frozen Shoulder — Complete Patient Guide
Frozen shoulder is a painful condition in which the shoulder capsule becomes stiff, limiting both active and passive motion. Pain control and…