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Trauma of the Hand and Wrist

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Hand and wrist injuries are common and can often be treated nonoperatively with satisfactory functional results.

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  1. 172 Stillwater Loop Road, Columbus, MT, 59019, USA

    Michelle Foltz MD

  2. Surgical Department, Sihanouk Hospital Center of Hope, Street 134 Sangkat Vealvong Khan 7 Makara, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

    Tour Phot Sin MD

  3. Orthopedic Surgery, Valley View Hospital, 1618 Lincolnwood Drive, Glenwood Springs, CO, 81601, USA

    Robert Derkash MD

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Correspondence to Michelle Foltz MD .

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

    Richard A. Gosselin

  2. Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    David A. Spiegel

  3. Columbus, Montana, USA

    Michelle Foltz

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Foltz, M., Sin, T.P., Derkash, R. (2014). Trauma of the Hand and Wrist. In: Gosselin, R., Spiegel, D., Foltz, M. (eds) Global Orthopedics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1578-7_20

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