We recommend that adults and children over 12 wear face masks when attending our clinic, but no longer provide masks to patients and carers. Videoconsultations are conducted via telehealth at our dedicated virtual clinic. We are experiencing high demand for appointments hence require that all patients provide a referral prior to booking an appointment so that we can identify and manage urgent and emergency conditions in a timely manner, and so that our surgeons can assess your suitability for a telehealth appointment and identify any further information or tests that might be required before your consultation. If our surgeons assess that your condition (especially recent injuries) is best managed with hand therapy rather than surgery we may recommend that you see a qualified hand therapist (physiotherapist or occupational therapist) rather than schedule an appointment with our surgeons. Dr Tomlinson does not offer consultations and surgical services where a Medicare Rebatable Item Code does not apply; this includes injections for palmar hyperhidrosis. Dr Tomlinson has scheduled sabbatical leave during much of October, November and December 2023 so will not be available for urgent or emergency referrals during that time.

Finger, hand and wrist joint dislocations

Created 07 January 2013, last modified 30 December 2013

Dr Jill Tomlinson offers a full range of hand and wrist surgery services at Melbourne Hand Surgery. We manage joint dislocations affecting the:

Carpometacarpal joints
Distal interphalangeal (DIP) joint
Distal radioulnar joint (DRUJ) associated with TFCC injuries
Interphalangeal joint of the thumb
Lunate (and perilunate fracture dislocations)
Metacarpophalangeal joint
Proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint

Click here for general information about joint dislocations affecting the hand and wrist.

Not sure which joint was dislocated? Look at the picture below to help work out the medical terminology. The lunate bone is one of the carpal bones in the wrist.

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