Current Practice in Hand Surgery, 1st Edition
Date of Publication: 04/2025
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Offering authoritative advice, technical tips, and personal approaches from renowned experts in hand surgery worldwide, Current Practice in Hand Surgery is a uniquely global, practical resource to help guide clinical practice. In print and on video, key opinion leaders in the field cover everything from infection, compartment syndrome, and joint stiffness to hand fractures and dislocation to reconstruction and replantation of hands and digits—including particularly challenging disorders and future research directions.
Offering authoritative advice, technical tips, and personal approaches from renowned experts in hand surgery worldwide, Current Practice in Hand Surgery is a uniquely global, practical resource to help guide clinical practice. In print and on video, key opinion leaders in the field cover everything from infection, compartment syndrome, and joint stiffness to hand fractures and dislocation to reconstruction and replantation of hands and digits—including particularly challenging disorders and future research directions.
Key Features
- Contains the collective opinions and recommendations from teams of active, leading experts and investigators in hand surgery worldwide, resulting in an unmatched volume of today’s wisdom in this complex field.
- Shares individual authors’ unique surgical techniques and outcomes—both in print and on video.
- Covers key topics such as arthroscopic wrist surgery, primary flexor tendon repair, nerve repair and reconstruction, flap coverage for the hand and upper extremity, management of the mutilated hand, congenital hand disorders, connective tissue diseases, tumors of the hand and upper extremity, neuropathic pain, improving hand function after cerebral palsy, stroke, or brain damage, and more.
- Provides extensive visual guidance through clinical and operative photos, radiographs, and illustrations.
- Suitable for all levels of readership, the text includes a variety of rich content types, from Boxes summarizing key points, to In-Depth Advice based on career-long experience, to In-Depth Analysis providing cutting-edge insights, making it a go-to resource for clinicians of any level.
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date.
Author Information
Edited by Jin Bo Tang, MD, Scientific Advisor JHSE (2022--), Editor-in-Chief, JHSE (2017-2021), Professor of hand surgery, Department of Hand Surgery, Nantong, University, Jiangsu, China; Professor (Surgery), Brown University; David Elliot and Roy Meals
