Hand Surgery Center

• What is the Hand Surgery Center? | Characteristics of specialized treatment
• Greetings from the Director of the Center
• Characteristics of the Center
• Status of facility accreditation/designation
• Diseases explained in the video (with the video)
  • Thumb CM joint arthritis
  • Carpal tunnel syndrome
  • Cubital tunnel syndrome
  • Malunion of fracture (e.g., distal radius fracture)
• List of target diseases for medical care (diseases of hands/fingers/wrists/elbows)
  • Neurological disease
  • Tendon/tendon sheath diseases
  • Joint/degenerative diseases
  • Trauma/injury
  • Tumor/other
• Frequently asked questions

What is the Hand Surgery Center? | Characteristics of specialized treatment
– Providing medical care for injuries and diseases of the hands that support daily living –

Our Center is a specialist clinic for hand surgery and specializes in treating pain, numbness, swelling, deformation, trauma, and lumps of the hands, fingers, wrists, and elbows.
We provide a wide range of treatment from common hand diseases such as carpal tunnel syndrome, thumb CM joint arthritis, and trigger finger to trauma and tumor and also sophisticated treatment that requires microsurgery.

Greetings from the Director of the Center

I am Takashi Ohe, Director of the Hand Surgery Center.
Humans have developed the brain by using tools with the hands; they have evolved into the present state by skillfully using the hands with the more developed brains. The human hands have a special structure and can carry out detailed work as well as operations that require strength. We understand this special structure, determine the types of abnormalities in it, and provide appropriate diagnosis and treatment for hand trauma and diseases. We suggest treatment such as surgery and conservative therapy according to the symptoms. (The therapeutic effect varies among individuals, and there are complications and risks.)
We have established the “Hand Surgery Center” to broadly display our expertise. As hand surgery specialists certificated by the Japanese Society for Surgery of the Hand, we aim to restore hand function and improve your quality of life (QOL).
Our Center provides comprehensive team-based care, supporting patients from diagnosis through surgery to rehabilitation. If you have concerns about your hands, please feel free to consult us.

Characteristics of the Center | Three full-time hand surgeons certified by the Japanese Society for Surgery of the Hand performed 344 cases of hand surgery in 2024 and 379 cases in 2025.

(1) Specialized diagnosis and treatment by board-certified hand surgeons

Hand surgeons certified by the Japanese Society for Surgery of the Hand provide treatment with a comprehensive focus on functional recovery, pain relief, and activities of daily living.

(2) Minimally invasive and state-of-the-art treatment options

We offer a wide range of advanced procedures, including endoscopic surgeries, finger replantation, nerve and vascular repair, and tissue reconstruction.

(3) Flexible treatment options from day surgery to short-term hospitalization

We propose optimal treatment plans tailored to each patient’s lifestyle.

(4) Integrated team care through postoperative rehabilitation

In collaboration with specialized rehabilitation staff, we support postoperative functional recovery and facilitate return to work, daily activities, and hobbies.

Status of facility accreditation/designation

• Core training facility certified by the Japanese Society for Surgery of the Hand
• Accredited training facility of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association
• There are attending doctors/specialists in hand surgery certified by the Japanese Society for Surgery of the Hand.

Diseases explained in the video

• Carpal tunnel syndrome (explanation video) | Numbness of hands/nighttime pain

  The median nerve is compressed in the carpal tunnel of the wrist, causing numbness of the thumb, index finger, and middle finger; night pain; and decreased grip strength.

• Cubital tunnel syndrome (explanation video) | Numbness on the side of the little finger

  The ulnar nerve is compressed at the elbow, causing numbness and muscular weakness of the side of the little finger and ring finger.

• Thumb CM joint arthritis (explanation video) | Pain and deformity at the base of the thumb

  Arthropathy resulting from cartilage wear causes pain, swelling, or deformity at the base of the thumb (CM joint).

• Malunion of fracture (e.g., distal radius fracture/explanation video)

  A condition in which the fracture is cured with deformation, leaving pain, limited range of motion, and difficulty using the hand.

List of target diseases for medical care (diseases of hands/fingers/wrists/elbows)

Neurological disease

• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Cubital tunnel syndrome
• Radial nerve palsy

Tendon/tendon sheath diseases

• Trigger finger
• de Quervain disease
• ECU tendonitis
• Purulent tenosynovitis

Joint/degenerative diseases

• Thumb CM joint arthritis
• Heberden’s nodes
• Bouchard’s nodes
• Rheumatoid arthritis (fingers/wrist)

Trauma/injury

• Scaphoid fracture
• TFCC injuries
• Ligament injury of fingers and wrist
• Rupture of flexor tendon/extensor tendon
• Malunion of fracture (e.g., distal radius fracture)

Tumor/other

• Ganglion cyst
• Glomus tumor
• Dupuytren’s contracture
• Mucous cyst

Frequently asked questions