Hand surgery is a specialist area that deals with the wide variety of conditions and injuries affecting the hand. The hand is a complex and finely tuned machine as well as a living organism. It relies on an intricate combination of structures — joints, ligaments, tendons and muscles — working together to perform the many tasks we undertake every day. Sensory feedback from nerves provides essential information that helps coordinate and control these mechanisms, allowing precise movement, strength and protective responses.

There is an envelope of skin that has its own degrees of complexity.

Being an integral part of the whole organism, a thorough and detailed understanding of the biology of tissue maintenance and repair is also a fundamental aspect of the specialty of hand surgery.

The surgical specialty of hand surgery requires the specialised skills, deep knowledge and extensive experience necessary for managing all of these interconnected parts effectively.