Dr. Brian T Carlsen MD
Hand Surgeon | Surgery of the Hand
200 1st St SW Rochester MN, 55905About
Dr. Brian Carlsen is a hand surgeon practicing in Rochester, MN. Dr. Carlsen 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
Med College Of Wisconsin 1998
Medical College of Wisconsin 1998
Board Certification
Plastic SurgeryAmerican Board of Plastic SurgeryABPS- Surgery of the Hand
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Nasolabial flap reconstruction of large defects of the lower lip.
- Wrist instability.
- Thumb trauma: Bennett fractures, Rolando fractures, and ulnar collateral ligament injuries.
- The management of chronic distal radioulnar instability.
- Surgical anatomy of hand allotransplantation.
- Use of the deltoid branch-based clavicular head of pectoralis major muscle flap in isolated sternoclavicular infections.
- Upper extremity limb loss: functional restoration from prosthesis and targeted reinnervation to transplantation.
- Cat bite infections of the hand: assessment of morbidity and predictors of severe infection.
- Ciprofloxacin-resistant Aeromonas infection following leech therapy for digit
- Osteoarthritis of the wrist.
- Decellularization of a Fasciocutaneous Flap for Use as a Perfusable Scaffold.
- Optimizing functional and aesthetic outcomes of upper limb soft tissue reconstruction.
- The Distally Based Dorsal Metatarsal Artery Perforator Flap: Vascular Study and Clinical Implications.
- Desmoid tumor following abdominally-based free flap breast reconstruction.
- Complex Microsurgical Reconstruction After Tumor Resection in the Trunk and Extremities.
Treatments
- Trigger Finger
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Leg Ulcer
Professional Memberships
- Member Minnesota Medical Association/Zumbro Valley
Fellowships
- Research Fellowship - Plastic Surgery: University of California, Los Angeles
- Fellow - Hand and Microsurgery: Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
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