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The general principles of war surgery apply equally to all parts of the body. The application of these principles to the hand must allow, however, for some special factors. An orderly and thoughtful approach is particularly required owing to the potentially serious consequences of any hand injury, although apparently trivial.
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Reis, N.D. (1989). Wounds of the Hand. In: Reis, N.D., Dolev, E. (eds) Manual of Disaster Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83440-0_48
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