Dr Maxime Cievet-BonfilsHand, Wrist and Elbow Surgeon in Lyon, France

Hand · Wrist · Elbow surgery

Dr Maxime Cievet-Bonfils

Hand, Wrist and Elbow Surgeon in Lyon, France

Dr Maxime Cievet-Bonfils is an orthopaedic surgeon specialising in hand, wrist and elbow surgery at the Institut Chirurgical de la Main et du Membre Supérieur (ICMMS, Hand and Upper Limb Surgery Institute) in Lyon, France. He treats carpal tunnel syndrome, Dupuytren's disease, trigger finger, thumb base arthritis, wrist fractures and ligament injuries, elbow disorders and hand emergencies. He performs wide-awake local anaesthesia no tourniquet (WALANT) surgery. He sees patients in Lyon (6th arrondissement) and Caluire-et-Cuire, and operates at Médipôle Lyon-Villeurbanne, Clinique de l'Infirmerie Protestante and Clinique Saint-Charles.

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Patient information in English

Illustration of Dupuytren's cords in the palmHand and fingersDupuytren's diseaseIllustration of the flexor tendon catching on the A1 pulleyHand and fingersTrigger fingerIllustration of trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis at the base of the thumbHand and fingersThumb base arthritis (basal joint osteoarthritis)Hand with nodules on the finger joints, typical of finger osteoarthritisHand and fingersFinger arthritisFinger whose last phalanx stays bent downwards and cannot be straightenedHand and fingersMallet fingerFinger swollen at the middle joint after a sprainHand and fingersFinger sprainsThumb forced outwards by a ski pole, the mechanism of a thumb sprainHand and fingersThumb sprain (skier's thumb)X-ray of a hand showing a fracture of a metacarpal and of a phalanxHand and fingersFinger and metacarpal fractures

All conditions (33)

Conditions treated

Hand and fingers

  • Dupuytren's disease (fingers bent into the palm)
  • Trigger finger
  • De Quervain's tenosynovitis
  • Thumb base arthritis: trapeziometacarpal joint replacement
  • Finger arthritis: proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint replacement
  • Cysts: mucous cysts, flexor tendon sheath cysts
  • Hand wounds, tendon injuries, hand and finger fractures

Wrist

  • Wrist (distal radius), scaphoid and carpal bone fractures
  • Scaphoid non-union
  • Severe sprains and ligament injuries (scapholunate ligament, TFCC), carpal dislocations
  • Wrist arthritis
  • Wrist ganglion

Elbow

  • Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis)
  • Elbow fractures
  • Stiffness (arthrolysis), osteochondritis, synovial chondromatosis and loose bodies
  • Elbow arthritis and elbow replacement

Nerves

  • Carpal tunnel syndrome (median nerve compression at the wrist)
  • Cubital tunnel syndrome (ulnar nerve compression at the elbow)
  • Lacertus syndrome (median nerve compression at the elbow)
  • Posterior interosseous nerve compression (radial nerve branch at the elbow)

Hand emergencies (SOS Mains)

  • Wounds, tendon and nerve injuries, fractures, finger and limb replantation

Techniques

  • Wide-awake local anaesthesia no tourniquet (WALANT) surgery
  • Wrist and elbow arthroscopy
  • Thumb, finger, wrist and elbow joint replacement
  • Microsurgery
  • Day surgery

Training

After his residency at the Lyon University Hospitals (2014–2019), he was a post-residency fellow in the Hand and Upper Limb Surgery Department of Édouard Herriot University Hospital (Hospices Civils de Lyon, SOS Mains emergency hand unit) from 2019 to 2021. He has practised at ICMMS since January 2022. He is accredited by the French National Authority for Health (HAS) in orthopaedic and trauma surgery.

Qualifications

  • Inter-university diploma (DIU) in hand surgery
  • Inter-university diploma (DIU) in arthroscopy
  • University diploma (DU) in microsurgery
  • University diploma (DU) in elbow and shoulder pathology
  • University diploma (DU) in medico-legal assessment of personal injury

Professional societies

  • French College of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery (CFCOT)
  • French Society of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery (SOFCOT)
  • French Society for Surgery of the Hand (SFCM)
  • French Arthroscopy Society (SFA)
  • French Shoulder and Elbow Society (SOFEC)

Languages

French, English. Consultations are available in English for English-speaking patients.

Consultations

  • ICMMS – Centre Eiffel
    18-20 rue Tronchet, 69006 Lyon (3rd floor)
  • Clinique de l'Infirmerie Protestante
    3 chemin du Penthod, 69300 Caluire-et-Cuire (Building D, 4th floor)

Secretary (direct line): +33 4 87 25 83 35

Consultations in French or English.

Contracted with the French national health insurance, sector 2 (fees above the standard tariff, not OPTAM).

Surgery

  • Médipôle Lyon-Villeurbanne
    158 rue Léon Blum, 69100 Villeurbanne
  • Clinique de l'Infirmerie Protestante
    3 chemin du Penthod, 69300 Caluire-et-Cuire
  • Clinique Saint-Charles
    25 rue de Flesselles, 69001 Lyon

Research

Author or co-author of PubMed-indexed articles, mainly on wrist arthroscopy (lunate fractures, perilunate injuries, scaphoid non-union), trapeziometacarpal joint replacement, the ulnar nerve and artificial intelligence in hand surgery.

Full list of publications · PubMed · ORCID