Dr. James P. Higgins M.D.
Hand Surgeon | Surgery of the Hand
3333 N Calvert St 2nd Fl Baltimore MD, 21218About
Dr. James Higgins is a hand surgeon practicing in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Higgins specializes in caring for hand, wrist and forearm problems without the option of surgery unless necessary. Many hand surgeons are also experts in diagnosing and caring for shoulder and elbow problems and tend to suggest non-surgical treatments such as hand therapy or physical therapy.
Education and Training
Univ of Rochester Sch of Med & Dentistry, Rochester Ny 1996
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry 1996
Board Certification
Plastic SurgeryAmerican Board of Plastic SurgeryABPS- Surgery of the Hand
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Prevention of anastomotic thrombosis by botulinum toxin a in an animal model.
- Long-term results of surgical treatment for hypothenar hammer syndrome.
- Barbed suture tenorrhaphy: an ex vivo biomechanical analysis.
- The diminishing presence of plastic surgeons in hand surgery: a critical analysis.
- Single-incision extensile volar approach to the distal radius and concurrent carpal tunnel release: cadaveric study.
- A reassessment of the role of the radial forearm flap in upper extremity reconstruction.
- Descending geniculate artery: the ideal recipient vessel for free tissue transfer coverage of below-the-knee amputation wounds.
- Visual subunits of the hand: proposed guidelines for revision surgery after flap reconstruction of the traumatized hand.
- Botulinum toxin A treatment of Raynaud's phenomenon: a review.
- The limits of medial femoral condyle corticoperiosteal flaps.
- Small joint reconstruction of the hand.
- Ectopic banking of amputated parts: a clinical review.
- The axial stability of the femur after harvest of the medial femoral condyle corticocancellous flap: a biomechanical study of composite femur models.
- Predictors of successful outcomes in first web space contracture release.
- Cutaneous angiosome territory of the medial femoral condyle osteocutaneous flap.
Treatments
- Trigger Finger
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Dupuytren's Contracture
- Ganglion Cyst
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