Digit Amputations

  • Melvin C. Makhni
  • Eric C. Makhni
  • Eric F. Swart
  • Charles S. Day
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Abstract

Various common injuries in the wrist and hand are investigated in this chapter. Significant attention is paid not only to proper diagnostic examination and imaging, but also to optimal nonoperative and operative treatment options to manage these conditions.

Keywords

Hand Wrist Finger Phalanx Scaphoid Distal radius Fracture Flexor tendon Extensor tendon Infection Laceration Amputation Carpal fractures Hand infections Perilunate dislocation Scaphoid fracture Scapho-lunate instability Tendon lacerations 
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© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017

Authors and Affiliations

  • Melvin C. Makhni
    • 1
  • Eric C. Makhni
    • 2
  • Eric F. Swart
    • 3
  • Charles S. Day
    • 4
  1. 1.Department of Orthopedic SurgeryColumbia Presbyterian Medical CenterNew YorkUSA
  2. 2.Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Henry Ford HospitalWayne State UniversityDetroitUSA
  3. 3.Orthopedic Trauma, Department of Orthopedics and Physical RehabilitationUniversity of Massachusetts Medical CenterWorcesterUSA
  4. 4.Orthopedic SurgeryHarvard Medical SchoolBostonUSA

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