title: The development of hand surgery in Japan and the Japanese Society for Surgery of the Hand.
abstract: Japanese hand surgeons have contributed articles to our journal for many years. This article describes advances in Hand Surgery in Japan and introduces a section of this issue which is devoted to articles from Japan. (The Editor)
authors.affiliation: Nara Microsurgery Hand Surgery Institute, West-Nara Central Hospital, Nara, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tamai
mesh_terms: D006225:Hand / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D012955:Societies, Medical