JUST over a decade ago the Journal published a progress report on the hand by Drs. Bradford Cannon and Erle E. Peacock, Jr.1 The flood of literature on hand surgery in the ensuing 10 years and the substantive advances in the field now warrant a supplementary review. More than 202 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 books and major monographs on the hand have appeared in this decade. More than 2000 papers on surgery of the hand appeared in the year 1970. Far from comprehensive, this paper will touch only areas of development that have been translated into clinical usefulness even if only on a trial . . .
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