DR. 
STEPHEN 
KENT.

Comprehensive List of Conditions & Injuries Treated

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Hand

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• Carpal tunnel syndrome

• Trigger finger / stenosing tenosynovitis

• Dupuytren’s disease

• Thumb CMC arthritis (basal joint arthritis)

• Finger arthritis (MCP/IP joints)

• STT arthritis

• CMC joint instability (non-arthritic)

• Tendon injuries (flexor and extensor)

• Jersey finger (FDP avulsion)

• Mallet finger

• Boutonnière deformity

• Swan-neck deformity

• Volar plate injuries / PIP joint sprains

• Collateral ligament injuries (MCP/IP)

• Sagittal band rupture

• Pulley injuries (A2/A4)

• Nerve injuries (digital, median, ulnar, radial branches)

• Foreign body removal

• Fractures and dislocations of phalanges and metacarpals

• Chronic hand stiffness / arthrofibrosis

• Ganglion cysts

• Nailbed injuries and deformities

• Bite injuries (animal/human)

• Acute & chronic infections (paronychia, felon, flexor sheath infection)

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Wrist

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• Distal radius fractures

• Ulnar impaction syndrome

• DRUJ instability

• DRUJ arthritis

• Scaphoid fractures and non-unions

• Vascularised bone grafts for scaphoid non-union

• Carpal instability (SL/LT ligament injuries)

• TFCC tears

• ECU tendon subluxation

• Wrist stiffness / post-traumatic arthrofibrosis

• Intersection syndrome

• De Quervain’s tenosynovitis

• Kienböck’s disease

• Wrist arthritis

• Ganglion cysts (dorsal/volar)

• Carpal boss

• Revision carpal tunnel & revision wrist surgery

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Forearm & Elbow / Peripheral Nerve

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• Forearm fractures

• High ulnar, median and radial nerve injuries

• Pronator syndrome

• Radial tunnel syndrome

• Posterior interosseous nerve (PIN) palsy

• Cubital tunnel syndrome

• Distal biceps tendon tears

• Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis)

• Golfer’s elbow (medial epicondylitis)

• Essex-Lopresti injuries

• Galeazzi and Monteggia injuries

Tendon & Soft Tissue Disorders

• Tendon adhesions / tenolysis

• Tendon subluxation

• Tendon reconstruction

• Tendon transfers

• Ligament reconstructions (SL, LT, UCL, RCL, etc.)

• Soft-tissue defects requiring flap coverage

• Burns (thermal, chemical, electrical)

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Reconstructive & Advanced Microsurgery

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• Microsurgical nerve repair and grafting

• Nerve transfers

• Arterial and venous repair

• Replantation and revascularisation

• Local, regional and free flaps

• Complex trauma

• Degloving injuries

• Mangled hand injuries

• Chronic wounds

• Complex reconstruction after trauma or infection

Sports & Overuse Injuries

• Overuse tendon disorders

• Ligament sprains and instability

• Thumb UCL/RCL injuries (skier’s thumb)

• Sports-related overuse injuries

Paediatric Hand & Wrist

• Paediatric fractures (including buckle fractures)

• Growth plate (Salter–Harris) injuries

• Fracture–dislocations

• Nailbed injuries

• Paediatric malunions

• Trigger thumb

• Congenital differences