The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American). 2007;89:460-465.
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What's New in Hand Surgery

Peter C. Amadio, MD1

1 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street S.W., Rochester, MN 55905. E-mail address: amadio.peter@mayo.edu

Specialty Update has been developed in collaboration with the Council of Musculoskeletal Specialty Societies (COMSS) of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

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   Introduction
 
This update reviews material presented at the 2006 annual meetings of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH), American Association for Hand Surgery (AAHS), and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) as well as articles published in the field of hand surgery (other than those published in this journal) between August 2005 and July 2006. Over the years, as with other maturing organizations, the trend has been for fewer free papers and more symposia and hands-on workshops, including many non-CME-credit industry-sponsored workshops in facilities adjacent to the accredited scientific meeting. In addition, both hand surgery organizations feature presentations on shoulder and elbow surgery and general microsurgery that are beyond the scope of this review. Meeting abstracts for the ASSH and AAOS annual meetings are maintained online at www.assh.org and www.aaos.org, respectively.


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As noted in previous editions of this review, vascularized bone grafts appear to improve the . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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