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The Scaphotrapezial Joint After Partial Trapeziectomy for Trapeziometacarpal Joint Arthritis: Long-term Follow-up
June 2012(Vol. 37 | No. 6 | Pages 1125-1129)
Shelley S. Noland, Sepideh Saber, Ryan Endress, Vincent R. Hentz

Incidence of Bilateral Scapholunate Dissociation in Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Wrists
June 2012(Vol. 37 | No. 6 | Pages 1130-1135)
Brad M. Picha, Emmanuel K. Konstantakos, Douglas A. Gordon

Lunatocapitate and Triquetrohamate Arthrodeses for Degenerative Arthritis of the Wrist
June 2012(Vol. 37 | No. 6 | Pages 1136-1141)
Mark L. Wang, John M. Bednar

Book review
24 May 2012
Susan E. Mackinnon
Nerve Repair, 8 years in preparation, is the result of another 30 years of intense focus on nerve injury by an outstanding neuroscientist and a gifted peripheral nerve surgeon. Thomas M. Brushart, Pro...
Book review
24 May 2012
Jennifer M. Chan
Children are not small adults. They differ in their daily activities and the way they think, play, and approach life. Their main occupations are playing and going to school, and their leisure activit...
Treatment of Mason Type II Radial Head Fractures Without Associated Fractures or Elbow Dislocation: A Systematic Review
24 May 2012
Laurens Kaas, Peter A.A. Struijs, David Ring, C. Niek van Dijk, Denise Eygendaal
Purpose: There is no consensus as to the best treatment of Mason type II fractures without concomitant elbow fractures or dislocation. The aim of this systematic review was to compare the results of o...
Book review
07 May 2012
Timothy R. Judkins, Douglas T. Hutchinson
This “master skills publication” does the title justice. It takes an impressive group of experts from all of North America and covers (with the notable exception of the shoulder) arthritis problems an...
Painful Nodules and Cords in Dupuytren Disease
07 May 2012
A. von Campe, K. Mende, H. Omaren, C. Meuli-Simmen
Purpose: The etiology of Dupuytren disease is unclear. Pain is seldom described in literature. Patients are more often disturbed by impaired extension of the fingers. We recently treated a series of p...

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The Journal of Hand Surgery, the official publication of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, publishes original, peer-reviewed articles related to the diseases and conditions of the upper extremity. Both clinical and basic science manuscripts are considered. The journal also publishes case reports, technique articles, and clinical perspective reports.

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