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Dr. Bickel is the Founding Director of The Hand Center of San Francisco. He received his M.D. education at UCLA, his residency in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery at Stanford, Hand Surgery Fellowship at the Curtis National Hand Center, and AO Upper Extremity Trauma Fellowship in Bern, Switzerland.

Education

  • MD: UCLA School of Medicine

  • BS in Psychobiology from UCLA

  • Residency in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery: Stanford University Medical Center

  • Hand Surgery Fellowship at The Curtis National Hand Center, Baltimore, MD

  • AO Trauma Fellowship at Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland

  • Microsurgery Fellowship at Division of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Davies Medical Center, San Francisco, CA

Board Certifications

  • Board Certified in Hand Surgery and Plastic Surgery by the American Board of Plastic Surgery

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Distal Radius Fracture – Emergency

If you’ve had a fall or been involved in an accident and you have significant wrist pain, swelling, discoloration, or bruising, and especially if you have progressive symptoms such as loss of feeling, numbness in...

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Dupuytrens – When to See a Doctor

Not all patients with Dupuytren’s disease require medical treatment. In the early stages of the disease, nodules may form in the palm, but there’s no effect on motion and no other symptoms. Because we typically...

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Distal Radius Fracture – Latest Research

Because distal radius fractures are so common, affecting about 2% of all of the fractures we see, there is a lot of research in treatment of these fractures. Newer methods of fixation using smaller and...

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Dupuytrens – Recovery Timeline

If you’ve had surgery for Dupuytren’s contracture, there’s a period of time where you’ll be recovering and not be fully functional. We usually require patients to wear a bandage and a splint after surgery for...

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Dupuytrens – Symptoms

Dupuytren’s disease is a genetically inherited condition where collagen is deposited in abnormal amounts in the palma fascia in one or both hands. Therefore, the symptoms that people experience are directly related to that buildup...

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Dupuytrens – Associated Conditions

As opposed to many of the things that we treat in medicine, there do not appear to be other associated conditions that predispose people to developing Dupuytren’s contracture. It’s simply a genetic condition in patients...

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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome – Testing at Home

If you think you have carpal tunnel syndrome, it may be tempting to diagnose yourself. We often do that with a cold or a stomachache. Carpal tunnel syndrome is not typically diagnosed by the patient....

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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome – Testing and Diagnosis

When symptoms persist and medical attention is indicated, the purpose of that initial visit is twofold. One, it’s to diagnose the condition and make sure that the symptoms are in fact the result of carpal...

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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome – Testing

Testing for carpal tunnel syndrome involves clinical testing and diagnosis as well as specific physiologic tests that are performed by a neurologist. At its core, Carpal tunnel syndrome is a clinical diagnosis. That means that...

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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome – Symptoms Come and Go

Having Carpal Tunnel Syndrome doesn’t mean that symptoms will always be present. Especially early in the condition, symptoms are often intermittent. Most often we hear people start to complain of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome with symptoms...

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