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A Panel by Correspondence

AMA Arch Surg. 1971;103(6):691-700.

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This panel was designed to present information about the treatment of hand problems commonly encountered in the emergency room. The three members of our panel are all recognized for their expertise and daily commitment to hand surgery. Each received the same set of ten questions and each replied without knowing the responses of the others. It will be apparent, but it should not be surprising, that they frequently differ in the management of the same clinical situation. As a matter of fact, many of the questions were chosen to highlight this controversy in the care of the traumatized hand. That experts disagree should not lead to the conclusion that "anything goes." Not all methods are acceptable and although several may be, success or failure depends upon the skill of the surgeon. Caveat Amateur!

The ARCHIVES wishes to thank our participants publicly as we have privately for their willingness to undergo . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Footnotes
Accepted for publication May 14, 1971.

Edited by Robert M. Goldwyn, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, and Assistant Chief Editor, Archives of Surgery.

Members of the panel: J. Leonard Goldner, MD; Professor and Chairman, Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Isidore Kaplan, MD, Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Coronation Hospital, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; and Consultation Hand Surgeon, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; and John C. Kelleher, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, Medical College of Ohio at Toledo; Director of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, St. Vincent Hospital and Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio; and the Hospital of the Medical College of Ohio at Toledo.

Reprint requests to 1101 Beacon St, Brookline, Mass 02146 (Dr. Goldwyn).

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