Mr Dean Boyce

MB BCh, FRCS (Edin), FRCS(Eng), FRCS(Plast), MD
Consultant Hand Surgeon

Mr Dean Boyce is a Consultant Hand Surgeon at the Welsh Centre for Plastic Surgery as well as a private consultant for hand surgery at Vale Healthcare, near Cardiff, South Wales. He provides a supraregional subspecialty service for hand surgery, ranging from trauma, such as cut tendons or fractures, to limb replantation, complex reconstructive, and congenital hand surgery within the NHS. He is also the clinical lead for Welsh Peripheral Nerve Surgery Unit.

Mr Boyce has published widely on hand surgery, and lectures internationally. He is a member of the British Society Surgery for the Hand, and an invited examiner for the European Diploma in Hand Surgery.

Listed below are particular areas about which Mr Boyce is frequently consulted.

Dupuytren's Contracture
Needle Fasciotomy (outpatient 'needle surgery')
Collagenase treatment
Fasciectomy
Dermofasciectomy

Rheumatoid disease of the hand & wrist

Peripheral Nerve System of all kinds, including nerve entrapment (e.g. carpal tunnel syndrome and ulner nerve entrapment)

Cerebral palsy of the upper limb
Botox treatment & surgery

Congenital hand surgery:
All aspects, particularly Syndactyly (fingers joined together at birth), and Polydactyly (extra fingers/ thumb)

Upper limb surgery for spinal injury

Hand Trauma:
Including severed tendons, broken bones, and injury to nerves in the hand

Mr Boyce is also highly experienced in Plastic & Reconstructive surgery - View Profile - and runs weekly clinics at The Vale Hospital.

Find out more about Mr Dean Boyce by visiting his personal website

Mr David Shewring

MB BCh(Wales), FRCS(Ed), FRCS(Orth), Dip Hand Surg. (Eur)
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

David Shewring brings extensive experience in Hand and Wrist surgery to his private orthopaedic surgery practice at Vale Healthcare - South Wales' premier private clinics and private hospital for hand surgery and wrist surgery.

David qualified as a doctor in1984 after training at the Welsh National School of Medicine in Cardiff, South Wales. After training in orthopaedic surgery in Southampton, Cambridge and Cardiff he trained as a specialist Hand Surgeon in Oxford before appointment as Hand Surgeon to the University Hospital of Wales in 1995. He set up the Hand Surgery service in Cardiff and runs the Hand Injury Unit, which receives referrals from far afield. He has an international reputation for his work on hand fractures.

David is a Council member of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand and has served on a number of its National Hand Surgery committees. He is a member of the Specialist Advisory Committee for Orthopaedic Surgery and is an Examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons. He has given numerous invited lectures in Hand Surgery to National and International meetings and has published many scientific papers on Hand Surgery. He has been a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Hand Surgery.

David is extensively experienced in treating all conditions of the hand and wrist. All surgery is performed under magnification. He works with a team of Hand Therapists who provide essential postoperative care. He provides care for a wide variety of conditions including nerve compression syndromes, ‘trigger digits’, Dupuytrens contracture, arthritis of the hand and upper limb, and tumours. He is an Honorary Surgeon to the Welsh Rugby Union and to Cardiff Blues and has treated numerous high profile athletes with great success.

Make an enquiry about David's private hand surgery and wrist surgery clinics in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales here