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Hand surgery - surgical specialty

Known as: Hand Surgery 
A surgical specialty concerned with the surgical management of disease, disability, or injury of the upper extremity.
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2010
2010
Discussion. The diminishing presence of plastic surgeons in hand surgery: a critical analysis.
If a plastic surgery trainee is in a 5or 6-year program and completes prerequisite 2.5 or 3 years of general surgical training… 
2005
2005
[The role of endoprostheses in the scope of hand surgery. Endoprostheses vs. traditional surgical procedures].
Alloarthroplasty has largely replaced traditional procedures in arthrosis of hip and knee joints. In contrast the role of… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Local flaps in hand surgery
SummaryBackground: Management of soft tissue defects of the hand is one of the most challenging issues in hand surgery.Methods… 
2000
2000
Classic papers in hand surgery.
Throughout the development of hand surgery as a specialty thousands of papers have been published. This paper identifies the… 
1991
1991
The contributions of microvascular surgery to emergency hand surgery
Microvascular surgery has revolutionized the field of emergency hand surgery in the areas of replantation and microvascular… 
1990
1990
Controversies in hand surgery.
Review
1976
Review
1976
Why a Journal of Hand Surgery?
Joseph Boyes, in the inaugural editorial of The Journal of Hand Surgery (reprinted on the previous pages), addressed the question… 
Review
1973
Review
1973
The place of microsurgery in hand surgery.
1970
1970
Current concepts of wound healing as applied to hand surgery.
1949
1949
On the technique and possibilities of reconstructive hand surgery.