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...

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Main Authors: David D. Rivedal, MD, Christopher Coon, MD, James R. Sanger, MD, Patrick Hettinger, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2021-09-01
Series:Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000003767

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