The hand is a small area carrying tendons, nerves, vessels and joints in a few centimetres. When one of them is damaged, the whole grip changes. This page explains what is treated and how recovery is planned.
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Machine injuries, blade cuts and slow onset numbness bring most people in. Each needs a different assessment.
Injury, stiffness and loss of grip in the hand and forearm.
Read more →Cut flexor and extensor tendons, repair and therapy afterwards.
Read more →Repair and grafting where sensation or muscle power has gone.
Read more →Carpal tunnel and cubital tunnel release for numb hands.
Read more →Replantation and tissue cover after severe hand injury.
Read more →What recovery looks like week by week after a hand operation.
Read more →A fresh cut, a crushed finger or a hand caught in a machine should be brought straight in rather than booked for a later slot. Do not eat or drink on the way, because surgery may need to follow the same day.
For numbness, stiffness or an old injury, bring any X ray, nerve conduction report or previous operation notes you have. Wear or carry clothing that lets the whole forearm be examined, not only the fingers.
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Dr. Ashutosh Shah is a Plastic, Reconstructive and Cosmetic Surgeon (DNB) practising in Surat, Gujarat. The work covered by this site is reconstructive, which means restoring form and function after birth differences, burns, injury, cancer surgery, infection and chronic wounds.
Consultations are unhurried. You are told what the problem is, which options genuinely apply, what each involves, and what it will realistically achieve, including where an operation is not the right answer.
Hand procedures vary widely because one structure or several may be involved. The figure that applies to you comes in a written estimate after the hand has been examined.
Many hand injuries arrive from workshops, textile units and polishing units around the city, and from the industrial belt beyond it.
Each page below covers one kind of work at the Surat clinic, with the questions patients ask about it, the cost band and how to reach the team.
These are the questions asked most often after a hand injury or when a hand starts going numb. If yours is not here, send it on WhatsApp and the team will reply, usually the same day.
Ask your question →Early repair gives the most reliable result, and most flexor tendon injuries are repaired within the first two weeks. If more time has already passed, repair is often still possible, though it may need a graft or a staged plan.
Numbness that wakes you at night, especially in the thumb, index and middle fingers, often points to carpal tunnel compression. It is worth assessing early, because prolonged compression can leave weakness and wasting that recover slowly.
It depends on the operation and the job. Desk work often resumes in a few weeks, while machine work, loading and diamond polishing usually need longer because grip and repeated movement are involved. A date is given at follow up.
Yes, and in most cases it decides the final result. A tendon repaired well can still stiffen without guided movement, so splinting and therapy start soon after surgery and continue for weeks. Sessions can often be arranged near where you live.
Go to a hospital that can assess bone, tendon, nerve and blood supply together, and take any severed part with you kept clean, wrapped and cool. Call ahead so theatre can be prepared, and do not eat or drink on the way.
Nerves regrow slowly, so recovery is measured in months rather than weeks. Sensation usually returns before fine discrimination does, and how much returns depends on your age, the level of the injury and how soon the repair was carried out.
Repairs after injury are usually considered under mediclaim subject to policy terms, and workmen cover may apply for accidents at work. Pre authorisation is raised before admission wherever the situation allows, and the position is confirmed in writing.
