https://www.hand2shoulderclinic.in/?p=7643 Some of the best surgical learning happens when you stand beside someone who has already seen what is coming. That was my reason for travelling to Antwerp from October 7 to 9, 2026, for a surgeon-to-surgeon (S2S) programme with Prof. Dr. Olivier Verborgt. I went with three goals. I wanted to get familiar with […]
Some conferences you attend. Others you work through, and ISSHCON 2026 was one of those. At the 49th Annual Conference of the Indian Society for Surgery of the Hand in New Town, Kolkata (2nd to 4th October), I taught, debated, chaired and presented, all within three days.Starting with the elbow My conference began with a […]
There are conferences you attend, and there are conferences you carry home with you. Today in Jaipur was firmly the second kind.The Jaipur Orthopaedic Society organised a focused symposium on shoulder trauma, and I had the privilege of delivering two guest lectures to a hall full of surgeons who came with questions sharper than any […]
Hand2Shoulder Clinic | Faculty note from the Arthrex cadaveric skills lab, Bangalore — 25 July 2026There is a moment in every surgeon’s training that nobody photographs. It is the moment just before the first arthroscope goes into a live patient’s wrist — a joint the size of a walnut, packed with ligaments that are millimetres […]
A 45-year-old man’s journey from gym enthusiasm to chronic elbow pain — and the ECRB debridement surgery that gave him his arm back A New Fitness Journey That Took a Wrong Turn At 45, he decided it was time to get fit. He joined a gym, trained sincerely, and made real progress — until a […]
A hook of hamate fracture story — diagnosed late, treated decisively, and back to full sport The pain that wouldn’t quit He was 24, an aggressive middle-order batsman, and for four months he had been playing through a dull ache deep in his palm — right at the base of the little finger. It flared […]
Ramesh was 43. He noticed his grip began to fail. He was a software expert. He spent ten hours every day at a keyboard. For two years, he ignored the tingling and the numbness. He ignored the ache in his wrist too. He saw a family doctor and an orthopaedic surgeon. The doctors told him […]
A case of catastrophic elbow dislocation — and how synthetic ligament reconstruction gave a patient her arm back. Some injuries look straightforward on the outside — and reveal their true complexity only in the operating theatre. This is the story of one such case. The Patient A 45-year-old woman came to us after sustaining a […]
Imagine being 21 years old, at the peak of your academic ambitions, in the middle of your MBBS, and your hand starts going numb. Not from sleeping in an awkward position. Not from too much typing. But from a large, silent tumour quietly growing near your shoulder — pressing on nerves you hadn’t even heard […]
Patient: 18-month-old childPresentation: Right thumb locked in 70° flexion at the interphalangeal jointHistory: Parents had noticed the bent thumb for several months but assumed it would correct on its ownBy the time this little one came to Hand2Shoulder Clinic, the thumb had been locked at a 70-degree angle for a significant period. The parents, understandably, […]