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This chapter covers tendon injuries in the hand, finger tip and nail bed injuries, infections in the hand, carpal tunnel syndrome, carpal instability, Kienbock’ disease, congenital anomalies of the hand and upper limb, Depuytren’s contracture, arthritic conditions of the hand, rheumatoid hand, nerve injuries in the upper limb and hand transplantation.
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Street, J., Agarwal, S. (2022). Hand. In: Agarwal, S. (eds) Current Orthopaedic Practice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78529-1_7
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