Key Documents
Vincent Hentz
Academic Appointments
- Professor, Surgery - Plastic/Recon Surgery
- Professor (By courtesy), Orthopaedic Surgery
- Member, Bio-X
Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Hand & Upper Extremity - North Campus 450 Broadway Street Pavilion A, 2nd Floor MC 6120 Redwood City, CA 94063 Tel Work (650) 723-5256 Fax (650) 497-8891Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Professional Snapshot
Clinical Focus
- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery
- Hand Surgery
- Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery, Pediatric
- Brachial plexus
Professional Education
| Board Certification: | Hand Surgery, American Board of Plastic Surgery (2002) |
| Board Certification: | Plastic Surgery, American Board of Plastic Surgery (1977) |
| Fellowship: | Roosevelt Hospital, NY (1975) |
| Residency: | SUMC - Graduate Medical Education, CA (1974) |
| Residency: | SUMC - Graduate Medical Education, CA (1973) |
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
1. Nerve regeneration and repair, evaluation of repair methods, modalities to enhance peripheral nerve regeneration, development of improved methods to analyze nerve regeneration.
2. Implementation of functional neuromuscular stimulation to paralytic deformities.
3. Computer modeling of upper limb function.
Clinical Trials
Publications
- The management of the upper limb in incomplete lesions of the cervical spinal cord. Hand Clin. 2008; (2): 175-84, vi
- MOC-PS(SM) CME article: self-assessment and performance in practice: the carpal tunnel. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2008; (4 Suppl): 1-10
- Tumours of the hand. Lancet Oncol. 2007; (2): 157-66
- Is microsurgical treatment of brachial plexus palsy better than conventional treatment? Hand Clin. 2007; (1): 83-9
- Dupuytren's disease: history, diagnosis, and treatment. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2007; (3): 44e-54e
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