Dr. Richard H Gelberman MD
Hand Surgeon | Hand Surgery
4921 Parkview Pl Suite A And B 6th Fl Saint Louis MO, 63110About
Dr. Richard Gelberman is a hand surgeon practicing in Saint Louis, MO. Dr. Gelberman 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
Univ of Tn, Memphis, Coll of Med, Memphis Tn 1969
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS- Surgery of the Hand
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Complications of the operative treatment of Dupuytren's disease.
- Wrist and digital joint motion produce unique flexor tendon force and excursion
- The extraneural and intraneural arterial anatomy of the ulnar nerve at the elbow.
- Operative correction of swan-neck and boutonniere deformities in the rheumatoid hand.
- Microsurgery and the development of the operating microscope.
- Regulation of alpha(v)beta3 and alpha5beta1 integrin receptors by basic fibroblast growth factor and platelet-derived growth factor-BB in intrasynovial flexor tendon cells.
- Effects of increased in vivo excursion on digital range of motion and tendon strength following flexor tendon repair.
- The resistance of a four- and eight-strand suture technique to gap formation during tensile testing: an experimental study of repaired canine flexor tendons after 10 days of in vivo healing.
- Flexor tendon grafting to the hand: an assessment of the intrasynovial donor tendon-A preliminary single-cohort study.
- Arterial patterns of the deep and superficial palmar arches.
- Vascularity of the carpus.
- Carpal instability.
- Intrasynovial flexor tendon repair. An experimental study comparing low and high levels of in vivo force during rehabilitation in canines.
- The Academy on the edge: taking charge of our future.
- The influence of cross-sectional area on the tensile properties of flexor tendons.
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