At Imperial College Healthcare Private Care, our world-class surgeons provide specialist hand and wrist surgery for a wide range of conditions. Whether you require treatment following an accident or for an underlying hand or wrist condition, our team offers expert care tailored to your individual needs.
We have extensive experience in the diagnosis and treatment of both elective and traumatic hand conditions, delivering personalised care to help restore function, mobility and quality of life.
Elective hand treatment and surgeries
Arthritis
Trapeziectomy
Trigger finger
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Nerve conditions and compression of the upper limb
Cysts and ganglions
Dupuytren’s disease
Giant cell tumours
Tendonitis
DeQuervain’s tenosynovitis
Skin cancer and benign lesions of the hand
Emergency hand treatment and hand surgeries (hand trauma)
Fingertip and nailbed injuries
Tendon injuries
Hand fractures
Hand infections
Ligament injuries
Nerve injuries
“Avocado hand”
Flap reconstruction (including free flap surgery)
Skin grafts
Hand burns
World-class expertise
Our hand surgery team draws their experience from their work in the major trauma centre at St Mary’s Hospital – one of the busiest in the country. Our consultants have experience in treating a vast range of injuries, from working in war zones or dealing with mass casualties through to sports injuries and DIY accidents.
Our St Mary’s site has been designated a high-quality referral centre for complex reconstructive surgery for decades, with expertise in treating both upper and lower limb problems.
As part of a major teaching hospital, our team are involved in the latest research, meaning that we are able to offer the most up-to-date treatment options to patients. This includes the “Hololens” approach where augmented reality technology is used to detect blood vessels, which optimises reconstruction and the potential for a successful outcome.
Your care will be overseen by one of our world-class plastic surgery consultants, either at The Lindo Wing of St Mary’s or at Charing Cross Hospital. We provide a multidisciplinary approach to care, working closely with orthopaedic surgeons, radiologists, rheumatologists and support services such as hand therapy to make sure that we offer you the best opportunity for recovery.
Ongoing support
Once your hand surgery is complete you will continue to be supported throughout your rehabilitation. Your chosen consultant will see you regularly until your discharge to make sure that your recovery is going smoothly. Our nurses are experts in wound care and you will receive specialist support in managing your dressings throughout your recovery if required.
You will also be seen by our hand therapy team who will support you with a hand therapy exercise programme designed to improve your hand and wrist movement as far as possible. This can be done as either an inpatient or an outpatient.
Where appropriate we also offer topical negative pressure wound therapy (VAC therapy) which supports better healing of wounds.
