Dr. Joseph Michael Failla M.D.
Hand Surgeon | Surgery of the Hand
29829 Telegraph Rd Suite 201 Southfield MI, 48034Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Failla is a full-time practicing hand surgeon, board certified in Orthopedic Surgery with the Certificate of Added Qualifications in Surgery of the Hand, from the American Board of Orthopedic Surg ...
Education and Training
University At Buffalo SUNY School Of Med and Biomedical Sciences Buffalo Ny 1982
University at Buffalo State University of New York School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences 1982
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS- Surgery of the Hand
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Ultrasound diagnosis and surgical pathology of the torn interosseous membrane in forearm fractures/dislocations.
- Hand infections in the trauma patient.
- The radioulnar joints and forearm axis: surgeons' perspective.
- Scaphoid fracture displacement with forearm rotation in a short-arm thumb spica cast.
- Entrapment of the extensor pollicis longus after intra-articular Smith's fracture.
- Ultrasound visualization of central slip injuries of the finger extensor mechanism.
- Assessment of instability factors in adult distal radius fractures.
- A safe method of Bunnell criss-cross suture.
- A method of removing threaded external fixation pins from bone.
- Differences in mucus-stimulating serum fractions of cystic fibrosis patients and controls.
- Detection of a 0.5-mm-thick thorn using ultrasound: a case report.
- Irreducible thumb interphalangeal joint dislocation due to a sesamoid and palmar plate: a case report.
- Hook of hamate vascularity: vulnerability to osteonecrosis and nonunion.
- Osteonecrosis associated with nonunion of the hook of the hamate.
- A method for converting a mallet finger splint into a boutonnière splint.
Awards
- 2011 Detroit Super Doctors
Treatments
- Hand Problems, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Sports Injuries And More
- Trigger Finger
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Arthritis
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Neuropathy
- Osteoarthritis
- Pain
- Ganglion Cyst
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