Dr. Scott Wolfe is an experienced, innovative and authoritative expert in upper extremity problems that incapacitate fingers, hands, wrists, elbows and nerves. Dr. Wolfe frequently operates on complex conditions and specializes in the wrist, specifically, scaphoid surgery, distal radius fractures, wrist fractures, nonunions, Dupuytren's disease, nerve repair and nerve reconstruction.
Along with an active practice, Dr. Wolfe teaches students daily as a Cornell Medical School Professor of Orthopedic Surgery. He gives educational lectures to medical specialists globally and has advanced the knowledge and technique of hand surgery worldwide. As lead author, he has published over 200 major papers throughout his 30-year career in the most respected, peer-reviewed, American medical journals. His goal is to help achieve consistently superior patient results in hand and nerve surgery.
World class musicians and professional athletes have had their mobility restored through the care of Dr. Wolfe, who has consistently been rated as one of America's and New York's Top Doctors for over 20 years.

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Widely recognized as the gold standard reference in the field, Green's Operative Hand Surgery, 8th Edition, provides complete coverage of the surgical and nonsurgical management of the full range of upper extremity conditions. In a clearly written and well-illustrated format, it contains both foundational content for residents and fellows as well as new approaches, case-based controversies, and outcomes-based solutions for practitioners. Drs. Scott W. Wolfe, William C. Pederson, Scott H. Kozin, and Mark S Cohen, along with new, international contributing authors, provide expert perspectives and preferred methods for all aspects of today's hand, wrist, and elbow surgery.

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1 Anesthesia
1 Anesthesia
2 Acute Infections of the Hand
3 Chronic Infections
4 Dupuytren Disease
5 Extensor Tendon Injury
6 Flexor Tendon Injury
7 Fractures of the Metacarpals and Phalanges
8 Dislocations and Ligament Injuries of the Digits
9 The Perionychium
10 The Stiff Finger
11 Treatment of the Osteoarthritic Hand and Thumb
12 Wrist Arthrodesis and Arthroplasty
13 Carpal Instability
14 The Distal Radioulnar Joint
15 Distal Radius Fractures
16 Fractures of the Carpal Bones
17 Wrist and Hand Arthroscopy
18 Fractures of the Distal Humerus
19 Fractures of the Radial Head
20 Fractures of the Proximal Ulna
21 Disorders of the Forearm
22 Complex Traumatic Elbow Dislocation
23 Chronic Elbow Instability
24 Treatment of the Stiff Elbow
25 Elbow Tendinopathies and Tendon Ruptures
26 Elbow Arthroscopy
27 Total Elbow Arthroplasty
28 Compression Neuropathies
29 Thoracic Outlet Compression Syndrome
30 Nerve Repair
31 Tendon Transfers for Median, Radial and Ulnar Nerve Palsy
32 Spasticity: Cerebral Palsy and Traumatic Brain Injury
33 Tetraplegia
34 Traumatic Brachial Plexus Injury
35 Embryology of the Upper Extremity
36 Deformities of the Hand and Fingers
37 Deformities of the Thumb
38 Malformations of the Wrist and Forearm
39 Arthrogryposis
40 Brachial Plexus Birth Injury
41 Hand, Wrist, and Forearm Fractures in Children
42 Replantation and Transplantation
43 The Mangled Upper Extremity
44 Nonmicrosurgical Coverage of the Upper Extremity
45 Free Flaps to the Hand and Upper Extremity
46 Vascularized Bone Grafting
47 Toe-to-Hand Transplantation
48 Thumb Reconstruction
49 Digital Amputations
50 Major Limb Amputations and Prosthetics
51 Compartment Syndrome and Volkmann's Ischemic Contracture
52 Management of Venomous Injuries
53 A Practical Guide for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in the Acute Stage and Late Stage
54 Factitious Disorders
55 Rheumatoid Arthritis and Other Inflammatory Arthropathies
56 Tendinopathy
57 The Burned Hand
58 Skin Tumors of the Hand and Upper Extremity
59 Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors
60 Vascular Disorders of the Hand