The Growing Hand

Amit Gupta, M.D. earned his medical degree from University of Delhi, India. He completed a residency in orthopedics from the Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopedic Hospital in Oswestry and Royal Liverpool hospitals in England. He then completed hand and microsurgery fellowships with the Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Micro Surgery in Louisville and with the Pulvertaft Hand Centre, Derby, England, and University of Bern, Switzerland. In addition to offering a full range of arm and hand services, Dr. Gupta has special interests in wrist and elbow surgery, post-trauma reconstruction of the hand and pediatric hand surgery. Dr. Gupta's mission is to provide top-quality, patient-centered care in the areas of hand surgery and complex elbow reconstruction. He is involved in research focused on developing cutting-edge technologies, including improved wrist implants and rehabilitation equipment for patients. He is a well-known author of The Growing Hand: Diagnosis and Management of the Upper Extremity in Children, Elsevier, Mosby and his recognition includes: - Teacher of The Year 2006, Presented by the Residents of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Louisville - British Medical Association Book of the Year in 2000 - The Growing Hand - voted by his peers as one of Louisville Magazine's Top Docs for 2019

SECTION 1 BACKGROUND 1 Evolution of the human hand 2 Genetics and genetic counseling 3 Psychology SECTION 2 BIRTH, GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT 4 Embryology 5 Tissue Differentiation in the Human Embryo 6 Developmental Skeletogenesis 7 Development and maturation of the nervous system 9 Skeletal maturation and normal radiological 10 Child Development 11 Functional development of the hand SECTION 3 ESSENTIALS 12 Talking to Parents and Children 13 Imaging the Upper Extremity 14 Electrophysiological Studies in Children 15 Anesthesia 16 The Tourniquet 17 Postoperative Care - Pharmacology/Fluids SECTION 4 CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 18 Demography and social impact 19 Classification of congenital anomalies 20 Timing of surgery 21 Phocomelia 22 Radial Club Hand 23 Correcting congenital thumb anomalies: oppenensplasty and pollicization 24 Metatarsophalangeal Joint Transfer for Type IIB 25 Longitudinal Ulnar Deficiency in the Hand 26 The Elbow in Ulnar Club Hand 27 The Cleft Hand 28 Symbrachydactyly 29 Syndactyly 30 Synostosis 31 New Approach to Congenital Radio-Ulnar Synostosis 32 Polydactyly 33 Triphalangeal Thumb 34 In search of mirror hand 35 Macrodactyly 36 Brachydactyly 37 Symphalangism 38 Camptodactyly 39 Clinodactyly 40 Kirner's Deformity 41 Delta Phalanges 42 Congenital Constriction Ring Syndrome 43 Abnormalities of tendons, triggering and absences 44 The Thumb Clasped Hand 45 The Windblown Hand 46 The Apert Hand 47 Congenital Abnormalities of the Retinacular System of the Hand SECTION 5 CHROMOSOMAL DISORDERS/DYSPLASIAS/ DYSOSTOSES 48 Chromosomal Disorders 49 Skeletal Dysplasias 50 Skeletal Dysostosis SETION 6 HEMATOLOGICAL DISORDERS 51 Hematological Disorders and Reticuloendothelioses SECTION 7 COLLAGEN DISORDERS 52 Joint laxity 53 Soft tissue calcification of the upper limb 54 Epidermolysis bullosa 55 Epidermolysis bullosa: a personal viewpoint SECTION 8 NEUROMUSCULAR CONDITIONS 56 Neuromuscular disorders of the upper extremity 57 Surgical management of neuromuscular disorders of the upper extremity 58 The Upper Limb