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Podcast: Mayo Clinic Talks
Episode: Hand & Wrist Disorders: Lend Me a Hand (& Wrist)
Description: Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D. [@chutkaMD]
Guest: Sanjeev (Sanj) Kakar, M.D. [@sanjkakar]
The hand and wrist are very complex parts of our anatomy and composed of multiple tendons, muscles, and nerves. The hand also contains over 30 bones. Hand or wrist complaints are some of the more common reasons patients come to their primary care provider, and at times, the cause can be quite elusive. We need to be able to accurately assess the patient’s symptoms, diagnose the various disorders and determine which ones need to be referred for specialty care and which on...