Dr. Walter H Short M.D.
Hand Surgeon | Hand Surgery
5719 Widewaters Pkwy Syracuse NY, 13214Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Walter Short is a hand surgeon practicing in Syracuse, NY. Dr. Short 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
Suny-Hlth Sci Ctr At Syracuse, Coll of Med, Syracuse Ny 1975
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine 1975
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS- Surgery of the Hand
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Radiologic evaluation of the ulnar styloid.
- Wide excision of the distal ulna: biomechanical testing of a salvage procedure.
- Three-dimensional modeling and animation of two carpal bones: a technique.
- Scaphoid and lunate motion during a wrist dart throw motion.
- Force transmission through the distal ulna: effect of ulnar variance, lunate fossa angulation, and radial and palmar tilt of the distal radius.
- Treatment of scapholunate dissociation with a bioresorbable polymer plate: a biomechanical study.
- Identifying scapholunate ligamentous injury.
- Dynamic biomechanical evaluation of the dorsal intercarpal ligament repair for scapholunate instability.
- Scaphoid and lunate translation in the intact wrist and following ligament resection: a cadaver study.
- Scaphoid excision and midcarpal arthrodesis: the effect of triquetral excision--a biomechanical study.
- Biomechanical Evaluation of Scaphoid and Lunate Kinematics Following Selective Sectioning of Portions of the Scapholunate Interosseous Ligament.
- The Effect of Scaphoid Fracture Site on Scaphoid Instability Patterns.
- Scaphoid tuberosity excursion is minimized during a dart-throwing motion: A biomechanical study.
- Prediction of the spiral nerve in Dupuytren's contracture.
- The change in ulnar variance with grip.
Treatments
- Chronic Pain
- Trigger Finger
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Arthritis
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Neuropathy
- Osteoarthritis
- Dupuytren's Contracture
- Pain
- Ganglion Cyst
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Nearest Hospitals
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL S U N Y HEALTH SCIENCE CENTERl
750 EAST ADAMS STREET SYRACUSE NY 13210