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D. RICHARD FRENI, M.D.; RICHARD WARREN, M.D.

AMA Arch Surg. 1951;63(6):774-782.

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OF ALL skeletal mechanisms of the body, that of the hand is not only the most complex but also the most essential to the economic and social independence of the individual. The rehabilitation of hand wounds presents special problems which have become accentuated by the large number of cases produced by warfare. It has been estimated that 6% of the 600,000 persons wounded in the army in World War II received hand wounds.¹ We, therefore, have been interested in examining the end results of a representative sample of this group of 36,000 persons.

Several questions which were not at the time readily answerable frequently arose in the minds of those caring for hand injuries during the early phases after wounding. Some of them were as follows:

1. Should a badly damaged finger be amputated?

2. If amputation is to be done, can the decision be made early and thus . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
WEST ROXBURY, MASS.

Visiting Surgeon, Veterans Administration Hospital, West Roxbury, Mass., and Assistant in Surgery, Tufts College Medical School, Boston (Dr. Freni); Senior Consultant in Surgery, Veterans Administration Hospital, West Roxbury, Mass., and Associate in Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston (Dr. Warren).

Footnotes
This study is part of a program of follow-up studies developed by the Veterans Administration and the National Research Council with the aid of the Army and Navy.

Sponsored by the Veterans Administration and published with the approval of the Chief Medical Director. The statements and conclusions published by the authors are a result of their own study and do not necessarily reflect the opinion or policy of the Veterans Administration.

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