title: A brief report about the concepts of hand disorders in the Canon of Medicine of Avicenna.
abstract: Avicenna contributed to development in many fields of medicine. The Canon of Medicine is the masterpiece of Avicenna's medical books in which he wrote on the anatomy of the upper extremity, fractures, dislocations, and nerve and tendon injuries. Reviewing these subjects pertinent to hand disorders reveals Avicenna's concepts about hand disorders a millennium ago.
authors.affiliation: Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Department of Orthopedics, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Urmia, Iran. afshar_ah@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ahmadreza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Afshar
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000266:history*; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000266:history*; D019071:Persia; D010678:Philately; D010820:Physicians / Q000266:history*; D012014:Reference Books, Medical; D034941:Upper Extremity / Q000033:anatomy & histology