Full List of Procedures

Samuel S. Abrams, MD, leads a premier orthopedic hand and upper-extremity practice with locations in Asheville, Hendersonville, and Arden, North Carolina. Dr. Abrams is a board-certified hand and upper-extremity surgeon.

He uses a conservative, collaborative approach to care, giving patients a voice in the decision-making process. Patients suffering from hand and upper extremity issues can turn to Dr. Abrams for advanced, up-to-date care and symptom relief.

He offers traditional braces, splints, occupational therapy, anti-inflammatory medications, injections, and minimally invasive hand and upper extremity surgeries, as well as AccuMed®, Arthrex®, Integra®, Innate®, Synthes®, Aptis DRUJ Arthroplasty, and Mitek® orthopedic products and devices. Dr. Abrams also offers Xiaflex injections for Dupuytren’s contractures.

Dr. Abrams and his team maintain their advanced credentials with continuing education to stay up-to-date with the latest advances in orthopedic technology and procedures. They warmly welcome patients to the practice and look forward to restoring their quality of life.

Dr. Abrams treats a wide variety of hand and upper extremity conditions, and offers many varying procedures including the following:

Hand & Finger

Nail bed repair/reconstruction
Tendon repair/reconstruction
Cyst/mass excision
Small joint fusions and replacements for arthritis
Tendon transfer to improve function
Trigger finger release
Nerve release
Nerve repair
Blood vessel repair/reconstruction
Scar revision
Skin grafting
Reconstruction of severe finger and hand deformities including Rheumatoid Arthritis
Reconstruciton of congenital hand deformities
Dupuytren’s contracture release
Xiaflex injections and manipulation to release Dupuytren’s contractures without surgery
Finger contracture release
Nanoarthroscopy of small joints
Small joint replacement or fusion for arthritis
Complex hand and finger reconstruction of chronic injuries
Acute care and surgical fixation of complex hand injuries (table saw, fireworks, gun shot wounds, car and motor cycle accidents, etc.)
Open reduction and internal fixation of hand and finger fractures
Closed reduction and splinting of hand and finger fractures
Care of pediatric hand and finger fractures
Repair/reconstruction of thumb ulnar collateral ligament injury (skiers thumb)
Novel reconstruction for basilar thumb arthritis (CMC Arthroplasty)
Wide awake surgeries

Wrist

Wrist reconstruction/salvage for severe arthritis and wrist injuries
Care of pediatric and adult fractures
Growth plate arrest procedures for incongruent growth following a childhood injury
Distal radioulnar joint (DRUJ) arthroplasty
Complete and partial wrist fusion
Fixation of complex and simple wrist fractures (adult and pediatric)

Distal radius fracture fixation
Distal ulna fracture fixation
Scaphoid fracture fixation
Carpal bone fracture fixation
Repair of malunited and nonunited fractures of distal radius/ulna, scaphoid, and carpal bones

Partial carpal bone replacement
Osteochondral autograft surgery of the wrist
Vascularized bone grafts for the wrist
Wrist arthroscopy
Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex (TFCC) debridement and repair
Scapholunate ligament repair/reconstruction
Ulnar nerve decompression at the wrist
Ganglion cyst excision
1st dorsal compartment release for DeQuervain’s tenosynovitis
Tendon transfer to improve function
Repair/reconstruction of complex wrist deformities including Rheumatoid Arthritis
Minimally invasive carpal tunnel release
Wide awake carpal tunnel release surgery
Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel release

Forearm

Ulnar shortening osteotomy and arthroscopic wafer procedure for ulnocarpal abutment
Fixation of complex and simple adult forearm fractures

Radius fractures
Ulna fractures
Both bone forearm fractures
Bone grafting
Masquelet technique for bone loss

Fixation of complex and simple pediatric forearm fractures

Radius fractures
Ulna fractures
Both bone forearm fractures
Closed reduction and casting of fractures
Closed reduction and fixation with flexible intramedullary rods

Contracture releases
Nerve release and repair
Skin grafting
Scar revision
Compartment release for chronic/recurrent compartment syndrome

Elbow

Lateral epicondylectomy and tendon reattachment for lateral epicondylitis (Tennis Elbow)
Medial epicondylectomy and tendon reattachment for medial epicondylitis (Golfer’s Elbow)
Radial head replacement
Total elbow replacement
Fixation of complex and simple elbow fractures