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Complications Associated with Hand Surgery

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As any medical treatment, surgery involves some risk: Complications can occur depending on the patient, pathology, or surgeon involved, and some are unavoidable despite all precautions. Knowledge of these complications is essential for risk-benefit analysis, which should be systematically performed before any surgical procedure. This chapter is devoted to this delicate, but essential, subject. It will help practitioners detect these complications as early as possible and thus limit their effects.

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  1. Centre de la main des Portes de Provence, Clinique Kennedy, Avenue Kennedy, 26200, Montelimar, France

    Ludovic Bincaz MD

  2. Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Kythnou 25, Nea Erythraia, Athens, Greece

    Nikos Tzinieris MD

  3. Hand and Wrist Unit, Hôpital de la Tour, Av JD Maillard, 1, CH-1217, Geneva, Switzerland

    Grégoire Chick MD

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    Grégoire Chick MD

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Bincaz, L., Tzinieris, N., Chick, G. (2013). Complications Associated with Hand Surgery. In: Chick, G. (eds) Acute and Chronic Finger Injuries in Ball Sports. Sports and Traumatology. Springer, Paris. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-2-8178-0382-1_10

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