Dr. Robert M Szabo MD
Hand Surgeon | Hand Surgery
4860 Y St Acc #3800 Sacramento CA, 95817About
Dr. Robert Szabo is a hand surgeon practicing in Sacramento, CA. Dr. Szabo 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
University At Buffalo SUNY School Of Med and Biomedical Sciences Buffalo Ny 1977
University at Buffalo State University of New York School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences 1977
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS- Surgery of the Hand
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A research agenda for hand therapy.
- Open carpal tunnel release is the preferred method of surgical treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome.
- Examination of patients for carpal tunnel syndrome sensibility, provocative, and motor testing.
- Bone transplantation.
- Outcome assessment of hand function after radial artery harvesting for coronary artery bypass.
- Case report: Radial overgrowth and deformity after metaphyseal fracture fixation
- Coverage of distal radius internal fixation and wrist fusion devices with AlloDerm.
- Distal radioulnar joint instability.
- Determining causation of work-related upper extremity disorders.
- Functional outcome of en bloc excision and osteoarticular allograft replacement with the Sauve-Kapandji procedure for Campanacci grade 3 giant-cell tumor of the distal radius.
- Carpal osteoarthrosis.
- Distal radioulnar joint instability.
- Wrist anatomy and surgical approaches.
- Natural history and conservative management of cubital tunnel syndrome.
- Long-term outcomes of dorsal intercarpal ligament capsulodesis for chronic scapholunate dissociation.
Treatments
- Trigger Finger
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Arthritis
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Neuropathy
- Osteoarthritis
- Dupuytren's Contracture
- Pain
- Ganglion Cyst
Fellowships
- University California 1983
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