Surgeon To Answer Questions About Endoscopic

Carpal Tunnel Surgery Online

NEW HAVEN — Dr Grant Thomson of Yale University School of Medicine will go online to provide advice to the public about “Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Surgery,” on Thursday, August 24, at 7 pm.

In his live, online chat, Dr Thomson will discuss the indications, complications, results, and controversies associated with endoscopic carpal tunnel surgery. He will also discuss other congenital and acquired hand problems. Viewers will have the opportunity to ask Dr Thomson questions pertaining to these optics through AmericasDoctor.com, an Internet information service sponsored in southern New England by Yale-New Haven Hospital.

Dr Thomson is an associate professor of plastic surgery at the Yale University School of Medicine. He is also the vice president of the New England Hand Society, a member of the Plastic Surgery Research Council, Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation, and is on the editorial board of the Annals of Plastic Surgery. Dr Thomson has written 32 articles for various publications and made over 90 presentations on his research in plastic surgery.

The section of plastic surgery at Yale University School of Medicine has twice recognized Dr Thomson as a distinguished teacher. He has also received three resident research awards from the Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Surgeons.

AmericasDoctor.com is a 24-hour-a-day, seven day-a-week Web site that offers online consumers a free, real time forum for conversation with many different types of physicians.

To participate in “Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Surgery” with Dr Thomson, visit the AmericasDoctor.com Web site at www.americasdoctor.com on August 24 at 7 pm.