Dr. Khiem D. Dao MD
Hand Surgeon | Hand Surgery
16401 Magnolia St Suite 108 Westminster CA, 92683About
Dr. Khiem Dao is a hand surgeon practicing in Westminster, CA. Dr. Dao 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
Creighton University School of Medicine 1992
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS- Surgery of the Hand
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Humeral shaft nonunions treated with fibular allograft and compression plating.
- T incision for exposure of the distal radius and wrist.
- Percutaneous screw fixation or cast immobilization for nondisplaced scaphoid
- Radial artery pseudoaneurysm complication from use of AO/ASIF volar distal radius plate: a case report.
- Volar A1 pulley approach for fixation of avulsion fractures of the base of the proximal phalanx.
- Treatment of humeral diaphyseal nonunions using fibular allograft and compression plating.
Treatments
- Trigger Finger
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Neuropathy
- Dupuytren's Contracture
- Cellulitis
- Ganglion Cyst
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