Blast Injury to the Hand: Assessing the Injury Pattern and Functional Outcome of the Thumb
Background:. In the United States, approximately 30% of about 10,000 annual blast injuries involve the hand, causing a broad spectrum of injury severity. The first web space is typically most severely affected. As the carpometacarpal (CMC) joint is critical to the unique function of the thumb, we ev...
Main Authors: | David D. Rivedal, MD, Christopher Coon, MD, James R. Sanger, MD, Patrick Hettinger, MD |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer
2021-09-01
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Series: | Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open |
Online Access: | http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000003767 |
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