Common hand problems.
The principles illustrated in this brief survey are germane to all surgery. They cross whatever boundaries exist between specialties; in the hand, there are no divisions into parts for general, plastic, orthopedic, or neurosurgeons. They are essential to the success and parallel Boyes' description of Bunnell's influence in "the restoration of function, a careful detailed evaluation of the problem and a skillful manipulation of the parts, to accomplish the planned result. Solutions were sought and planned by thinking in broad terms of function, but the surgery is executed with maximum attention to details.
D000673:Amputation, Traumatic / Q000601:surgery; D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000601:surgery; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013581:Synovial Cyst / Q000601:surgery; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014945:Wound Healing; D014953:Wrist / Q000601:surgery