Daniel Hess, MD is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon specializing in operative and non-operative treatment of hand and upper extremity musculoskeletal pathology with a sub-specialty certification in hand surgery. He earned his medical degree from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in Grand Rapids. He completed his orthopedic surgery residency at University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville and his hand surgery, upper extremity and microvascular surgery fellowship at Duke University Health System in Durham, North Carolina.
This video shows the surgical technique for thumb carpometacarpal arthroplasty with ligament reconstruction and tendon interposition using flexor radialis tendon. A tenodesis screw is used to improve fixation of FCR tendon into the first metacarpal bone.
