Dr. David Joseph Slutsky M.D.
Hand Surgeon | Hand Surgery
2808 Columbia St Torrance CA, 90503Rating
3/5
About
Dr. David Slutsky is a hand surgeon practicing in Torrance, CA. Dr. Slutsky 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 Manitoba- Fac Of Med- Winnipeg- Man- Canada 1981
University of Manitoba / Faculty of Medicine 1981
University of Manitoba College of Medicine 1981
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS- Surgery of the Hand
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Wrist arthroscopy through a volar radial portal.
- Arthroscopic repair of dorsal radiocarpal ligament tears.
- The use of a volar ulnar portal in wrist arthroscopy.
- Predicting the outcome of distal radius fractures.
- Nonbridging external fixation of intra-articular distal radius fractures.
- Rehabilitation of distal radius fractures: a biomechanical guide.
- Arthroscopic dorsal radiocarpal ligament repair.
- Clinical applications of volar portals in wrist arthroscopy.
- Distal radioulnar joint arthroscopy and the volar ulnar portal.
- SCSSH annual award.
- The use of a dorsal-distal portal in trapeziometacarpal arthroscopy.
- External fixation of distal radius fractures.
- The incidence of dorsal radiocarpal ligament tears in patients having diagnostic wrist arthroscopy for wrist pain.
- Incidence of dorsal radiocarpal ligament tears in the presence of other intercarpal derangements.
- Use of nerve conduction studies and the pressure-specified sensory device in the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome.
Treatments
- Trigger Finger
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Arthritis
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Neuropathy
- Osteoarthritis
- Dupuytren's Contracture
- Pain
- Ganglion Cyst
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