Chronic Infections
Acknowledgment: Govind Narain Malaviya was the main contributor to the section on leprosy. He was a leader in surgery for Hansen disease in the world and has now retired. I…
Anesthesia
Acknowledgments: The author wishes to recognize the work of previous authors Drs. Lauren Fisher and Michael Gordon for their contributions to Green’s Operative Hand Surgery and to this manuscript. There…
Acute Infections of the Hand
General Principles Hippocrates’ principles for the treatment of hand infections are fundamentally valid today. Wounds were kept clean with frequent changes of wine-soaked dressings. Dressings were kept loose “so as…
