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Dr. Vincent Rodney Hentz MD
Hand Surgeon | Surgery of the Hand
770 Welch Rd Suite 400 Palo Alto CA, 94304About
Dr. Vincent Hentz is a hand surgeon practicing in Palo Alto, CA. Dr. Hentz 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 Fl Coll of Med, Gainesville Fl 1968
Board Certification
Plastic SurgeryAmerican Board of Plastic SurgeryABPS- Surgery of the Hand
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Reconstructive hand surgery.
- A virtual-reality-based telerehabilitation system with force feedback.
- Double gloving and hydration.
- Presidential address: How shall we teach? How shall we learn? Educating hand surgeons in the new millennium.
- Plastic surgeons in American hand surgery: the past, present, and future.
- Quantification of fingertip force reduction in the forefinger following simulated paralysis of extensor and intrinsic muscles.
- Improvement of Schwann cell attachment and proliferation on modified hyaluronic acid strands by polylysine.
- Hand and wrist injuries in young athletes.
- Successful hand transplantation--one year follow-up.
- Tissue engineering for reconstruction of the thumb.
- Activation patterns of the thumb muscles during stable and unstable pinch tasks.
- Surgeon-patient barrier efficiency monitored with an electronic device in three surgical settings.
- Efficacy of an implanted neuroprosthesis for restoring hand grasp in tetraplegia: a multicenter study.
- Hand transplantation--primum non nocere.
- Reconstruction of the hand in Apert syndrome: a simplified approach.
Fellowships
- Roosevelt Hospital
Publications
- JOURL OF HAND SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUMEThe Treatment of Dupuytren Disease2011
- jourl of hand surgeryBiceps-to-triceps transfer technique.2011
- EXPERT OPINION ON BIOLOGICAL THERAPYCollagese clostridium histolyticum for Dupuytren's contracture2010
- jourl of hand surgeryCollagese injection as nonsurgical treatment of Dupuytren's disease: 8-year follow-up.2010
- HAND CLINICSThe magement of the upper limb in incomplete lesions of the cervical spil cord2008
- Plastic and reconstructive surgeryMOC-PS(SM) CME article: self-assessment and performance in practice: the carpal tunnel.2008
- PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERYDupuytren's Disease: History, Diagnosis, and Treatment2007
- LANCET ONCOLOGYTumours of the hand2007
- HAND CLINICSIs microsurgical treatment of brachial plexus palsy better than conventiol treatment?2007
- JOURL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUMEVariability in surgical technique for brachioradialis tendon transfer - Evidence and implications2006
- JOURL OF HAND SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUMEActivation of brachioradialis muscles transferred to restore lateral pinch in tetraplegia2006
- Techniques in hand & upper extremity surgeryCongenital brachial plexus exploration.2004
- JOURL OF REHABILITATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENTIdentification of key pinch forces required to complete functiol tasks2004
- jourl of hand surgeryBiomechanics of the Steindler flexorplasty surgery: a computer simulation study.2003
- Jourl of biomedical materials research. Part B, Applied biomaterialsThree-dimensiol hyaluronic acid grafts promote healing2003
- jourl of hand surgeryInjury to the dorsal sensory branch of the ulr nerve in the arthroscopic repair of ulr2002
- HAND CLINICSSurgical strategy: matching the patient with the procedure2002
- PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERYReconstruction of the hand in Apert syndrome: A simplified approach2002
- JOURL OF HAND SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUMEGene expression of transforming growth factor beta isoforms in interposition nerve grafting2001
- WORLD JOURL OF SURGERYSurgeon-patient barrier efficiency monitored with an electronic device in three surgical settings2001
- TISSUE ENGINEERINGImprovement of schwann cell attachment and proliferation on modified hyaluronic acid strands by2000
- HAND CLINICSHand and wrist injuries in young athletes2000
- Chang, J., Hentz, V. R., Chase, R. A.Plastic surgeons in American hand surgery: The past, present, and future2000
- jourl of hand surgeryPresidential address2000
- JOURL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCHPolypeptide resurfacing method improves fibroblast's adhesion to hyaluron strands1999
- TRANSPLANTATIONEnhancement of axon growth by detergent-extracted nerve grafts1997
- MUSCLE & NERVEA composite nerve graft system: Extracted rat peripheral nerve injected with cultured Schwann cells1996
- -Surgical reconstruction in tetraplegia. Procedure and Hand Surgery.0
- -The role of microsurgical flap procedure in a medical center. Advances in Plastic0
- -Thumb reconstruction and pollicization by conventiol techniques0
- PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERYEXTENSOR DIGITI-MINIMI TENDON TRANSFER TO PREVENT RECURRENT ULR DRIFT1993
- jourl of hand surgeryThe nerve gap dilemma1993
- -Reconstruction of brachial plexus injuries. Operative Hand Surgery.0
- jourl of hand surgeryRehabilitation and surgical reconstruction of the upper limb in tetraplegia: an update.1992
- ANLS OF PLASTIC SURGERYA PRACTICAL GUIDE TO INTERTIOL LEECH TRANSPORTATION1992
- MICROSURGERYBRACHIAL-PLEXUS MICROSURGERY IN CHILDREN1991
- jourl of hand surgeryCloward technique for obtaining iliac crest bone graft in hand surgery.1990
- CLINICAL ORTHOPAEDICS AND RELATED RESEARCHDIGIT REPLANTATION APPLYING THE LEECH HIRUDO-MEDICILIS1989
- ANLS OF PLASTIC SURGERYFASCICULAR TUBULIZATION - A COMPARISON OF EXPERIMENTAL NERVE REPAIR TECHNIQUES IN THE CAT1989
- EXPERIMENTAL HEMATOLOGYEFFECT OF LOW-FREQUENCY LOW-ENERGY PULSING ELECTROMAGNETIC-FIELD (PEMF) ON X-RAY-IRRADIATED MICE1989
- ANLS OF PLASTIC SURGERYAN APPROACH TO MANDIBULAR RECONSTRUCTION1988
- HAND CLINICSSURGICAL RECONSTRUCTION IN TETRAPLEGIA1988
- ORTHOPEDIC CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICAREPETITIVE TRAUMA AND NERVE COMPRESSION1988
- ORTHOPEDIC CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICATHE RESULTS OF MICRONEUROSURGICAL RECONSTRUCTION IN COMPLETE BRACHIAL-PLEXUS PALSY1988
- ANLS OF PLASTIC SURGERYTHE RADIAL FOREARM FLAP - A VERSATILE SOURCE OF COMPOSITE TISSUE1987
- Jourl of reconstructive microsurgeryApplication of free tissue transfers to the foot.1987
- SKELETAL RADIOLOGYIMAGING STUDIES OF THE CADAVER HAND USING TRANSMISSION ULTRASOUND1987
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