The hand is an extension of the brain, and the hand is projected and represented in large areas of the motor and sensory cortex. The brain is a complicated neural network which continuously remodels itself as a result of changes in sensory input. Such synaptic reorganizational changes may be activity-dependent, based on alterations in hand activity and tactile experience, or a result of deaffer...

In recent years there have been many advances and developments in all orthopaedic disciplines especially Hand surgery. These have been due to our better understanding, and in turn better management of the many congenital deformities, tendon, bony and neural injuries, neuropathies, Dupuytren's disease, and arthroses as well as rehabilitation. All of these important developments are included in o...