Dr. Amar Patel, MD is a board-certified orthopedic and fellowship-trained hand surgeon serving Orange County and South Orange County. He specializes exclusively in conditions of the hand, wrist, and elbow, offering both surgical and non-surgical treatment options.
Common conditions treated include carpal tunnel syndrome, trigger finger, Dupuytren’s contracture, hand arthritis, tendon injuries, nerve compression, and hand fractures. Dr. Patel is known for precision, efficiency, and patient-centered care. Dr. Patel is one of the few surgeons to offer bilateral endoscopic carpal tunnel releases.
Many hand procedures are performed as in-office hand surgery, allowing patients faster recovery, lower cost, and minimal downtime. Patients from Irvine, Newport Beach, Mission Viejo, and Laguna Niguel trust Dr. Patel for advanced hand surgery in Orange County.
Conditions Include:
- Amputation (partial or complete finger/hand)
- Arthritis, inflammatory (rheumatoid, psoriatic)
- Arthritis, osteoarthritis (DIP, PIP, MCP, CMC)
- Boutonnière deformity
- Burn injuries to the hand
- Carpal boss
- Claw hand deformity
- Congenital hand deformities
- Contractures (Dupuytren, post-traumatic, post-burn)
- Crush injuries
- De Quervain’s tenosynovitis
- Digital nerve injury
- DIP joint arthritis
- Dupuytren’s disease
- Enchondroma
- Extensor tendon injuries
- Finger fractures (phalangeal fractures)
- Flexor tendon injuries
- Foreign body injury
- Ganglion cysts of the hand
- Glomus tumor
- Hand infections (felon, paronychia, abscess)
- Joint dislocations (MCP, PIP, DIP)
- Ligament injuries (collateral ligament injuries)
- Mallet finger
- MCP joint arthritis
- Nail bed injuries
- Nerve compression syndromes (ulnar, median, radial)
- Nerve lacerations
- Osteomyelitis
- PIP joint arthritis
- Post-traumatic arthritis
- Raynaud’s phenomenon
- Sagittal band injury
- Scar contracture
- Septic arthritis of the hand
- Soft tissue masses (lipoma, giant cell tumor of tendon sheath)
- Stenosing tenosynovitis (trigger finger/thumb)
- Tendon rupture
- Thumb CMC arthritis
- Thumb ulnar collateral ligament injury (gamekeeper’s/skier’s thumb)
- Tumors (benign or malignant)
- Vascular injuries
- Volkmann ischemic contracture
