Mandatory Surgeon Skills for Care of the Mutilated Hand

Mangled extremities are complex injuries of the soft tissues, neurovascular structures, and bone that have devastating functional and psychological consequences for affected individuals. Successful management of mangling injuries to the upper extremities requires close collaboration between individu...

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Main Authors: Dainn Woo, MD, Caroline Granruth, MD, Benjamin Gundlach, MD, Lawrence S. Levin, MD
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-03-01
Series:Journal of Hand Surgery Global Online
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258951412400149X
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author Dainn Woo, MD
Caroline Granruth, MD
Benjamin Gundlach, MD
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description Mangled extremities are complex injuries of the soft tissues, neurovascular structures, and bone that have devastating functional and psychological consequences for affected individuals. Successful management of mangling injuries to the upper extremities requires close collaboration between individuals from diverse training backgrounds. Hand surgery is a surgical discipline with an expansive repertoire of skills and knowledge allowing one to manage bone, joint, tendon, nerve, vasculature, and soft tissue pathology of the upper extremity in adults and children.
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spelling doaj-art-07859cac531a4649bbb3d07a48c76f602025-08-20T02:55:45ZengElsevierJournal of Hand Surgery Global Online2589-51412025-03-017231431810.1016/j.jhsg.2024.07.007Mandatory Surgeon Skills for Care of the Mutilated HandDainn Woo, MD0Caroline Granruth, MD1Benjamin Gundlach, MD2Lawrence S. Levin, MD3Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Corresponding author: Dainn Woo, MD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, 3737 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104.Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PADepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PADepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PAMangled extremities are complex injuries of the soft tissues, neurovascular structures, and bone that have devastating functional and psychological consequences for affected individuals. Successful management of mangling injuries to the upper extremities requires close collaboration between individuals from diverse training backgrounds. Hand surgery is a surgical discipline with an expansive repertoire of skills and knowledge allowing one to manage bone, joint, tendon, nerve, vasculature, and soft tissue pathology of the upper extremity in adults and children.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258951412400149XHand surgeryMultidisciplinary careMicrosurgeryMangled extremityOrthoplastics
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Benjamin Gundlach, MD
Lawrence S. Levin, MD
Mandatory Surgeon Skills for Care of the Mutilated Hand
Journal of Hand Surgery Global Online
Hand surgery
Multidisciplinary care
Microsurgery
Mangled extremity
Orthoplastics
title Mandatory Surgeon Skills for Care of the Mutilated Hand
title_full Mandatory Surgeon Skills for Care of the Mutilated Hand
title_fullStr Mandatory Surgeon Skills for Care of the Mutilated Hand
title_full_unstemmed Mandatory Surgeon Skills for Care of the Mutilated Hand
title_short Mandatory Surgeon Skills for Care of the Mutilated Hand
title_sort mandatory surgeon skills for care of the mutilated hand
topic Hand surgery
Multidisciplinary care
Microsurgery
Mangled extremity
Orthoplastics
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258951412400149X
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