Dr. Wolfe treats Dr. Max Gomez of CBS for hand contracture using Xiaflex injection instead of surgery.

Improper Cutting Of Popular Fruit Could Lead To Gruesome & Painful ‘Avocado Hand’

Scott W Wolfe MD Hand and Upper Extremity Surgeon

CBS News Dr. Max Gomez Interviews Dr. Wolfe on Wrist Surgery

• How a Little Known Disease Affects the Hands
• Improper Cutting Of Popular Fruit Could Lead To Gruesome & Painful ‘Avocado Hand’
• Renowned Concert Pianist “Reborn” After Hand Surgery Restores His Career… and His Life
• Famed Pianist Returns to the New York Stage After Hand Surgeries
• Hospital for Special Surgery Develops First-Ever Questionnaire to Measure Impact of Brachial Plexus Injury and Assess Surgical Outcomes
• MRI Findings More Accurate than Radiographs for Patients with Certain Carpal Arthritis
• What is the Most Optimal Nerve Transfer for Brachial Plexus Patients?
• Fairfield hand surgeon honored
• Hospital for Special Surgery Hand Surgeon Receives Prestigious Research Award at AAOS Annual Meeting
• Long Island Doctor Develops Surgery-Free Treatment For Dupuytren’s Disease
• Long Island man can ride the waves again after horrible motorcycle accident thanks to doctors at Manhattan's Hospital for Special Surgery
• Aging knees, hips get replaced - and sometimes fingers, too
• New Tendons Restore Hands
• New Tendons Restore Hands - An In-depth Doctor's Interview
• Pioneering Nerve Surgery for Motorbike Crash Lawyer
• New Outcome Measurement Tool Could Improve Arm Surgery for Devastating Nerve Injury
• New Tool to Measure Outcomes Could Help Improve Arm Surgery for Devastating Nerve Injury
• Study to Heal Wrist Fractures More Rapidly Looks at Frequent Cold Weather Injuries
• Buzzer Beater
• Mapping the Dart Thrower's Arc
• Seton Hall star Hazell has surgery to repair broken left wrist
• Surgery Returns Use Of Hand To NY Teen
• SBi Issues New Surgical Technique DVD on Volar Approach To PIP Arthroplasty

Patient Reviews

• New center helps heal shoulder nerve damage
• Getting the Nerve: Restoring Movement to a Young Man’s Arm
• An Athlete for Life – Advances in Hand Surgery Enable 91-Year-Old Southport Resident to Maintain Her Active Lifestyle
• Flexing His Muscle
• Back to Blogging
• His Last Hope: Muscling Through a Brachial Plexus Injury
• A Virtuoso Performance: Hand Surgery on a Classical Pianist
• Team of HSS Doctors Helps Ultramarathon Runner Achieve Stunning Victory