The specialists with Norton Louisville Arm & Hand are available to treat children and teens after trauma or injury to the hand, arm or wrist. Our hand specialists care for children’s unique needs and their growing arms, wrists and hands.
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How to prevent firework hand injuries
It’s fun to play with fireworks — until it’s not. Emergency departments across the country see an increase in burns and hand injuries around the July Fourth holiday. Charity S. Burke, M.D., hand surgeon with […]
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Doctor uses toe to replace teen’s thumb
It was September 2015 when a night with friends ended in an explosion that left Gabriel Rock without much of his left hand. “He lost his thumb, index finger and long finger; there was a […]
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Don’t let your child’s 4th end like this
“Flames were shooting into her hand. She kept screaming.” That’s how Marc Janson recalls his Fourth of July last summer. Janson and his daughter Caroline, then 6 years old, were playing with handheld smoke bombs, […]
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How to prevent firework hand injuries
It’s fun to play with fireworks — until it’s not. Emergency departments across the country see an increase in burns and hand injuries around the July Fourth holiday. Charity S. Burke, M.D., hand surgeon with […]
Read Full Story
Doctor uses toe to replace teen’s thumb
It was September 2015 when a night with friends ended in an explosion that left Gabriel Rock without much of his left hand. “He lost his thumb, index finger and long finger; there was a […]
Read Full Story
Don’t let your child’s 4th end like this
“Flames were shooting into her hand. She kept screaming.” That’s how Marc Janson recalls his Fourth of July last summer. Janson and his daughter Caroline, then 6 years old, were playing with handheld smoke bombs, […]
Read Full Story
