Editorial: Hand surgery and anatomy

Hand Anatomy

The anatomy of human hand is quite unique and includes the configuration of bones, joints, veins and muscles. The physiological interconnection and structure of these parts are responsible for the structure of the human hand. The functional area of hand includes the five fingers, palm and the wrist. Amongst a number of biometric modalities that are used for human identification, hand-based moda...

Hand Atlas of Clinical Anatomy

sections; (c) regional dissections; (d) sections, s'ievVj ing the relationship of structures in sagittal, frontal a" transverse sections; whilst finally (c) a special sec'10, deals with surgical incisions, shewing the typical in<V sicns and the more common sites of surgical attacj A scries of drawings of muscle projections, shevV1^ the muscles in relation to body outline and bony stn1, ture, is...

Clinical anatomy of the hand.

This article reviews the underlying anatomy of trigger finger and thumb (fibrous digital pulleys, sesamoid bones), flexor tenosynovitis, de Quervain's syndrome, Dupuytren's contracture, some hand deformities in rheumatoid arthritis, the carpal tunnel syndrome and the ulnar nerve compression at Guyon's canal. Some important syndromes and structures have not been included but such are the nature ...

Epinephrine and hand surgery.

CURRENT OPINION Traditional concern regarding the use of epinephrine in the fingers is based on 21 reported cases of digital necrosis after being injected with a local anesthetic with epinephrine. Most occurred before 1950 and all used procaine, which may have been expired and thus may have had a toxically low pH. The effects of epinephine can be easily and expediently reversed with the use f p...

Anatomy in Surgery