Article Document Academic Article Information Content Entity Continuant Continuant Journal Article Entity Entity Generically Dependent Continuant 2025-05-07T20:35:51 RDF description of Current trends in hand surgery - http://repository.healthpartners.com/individual/document-rn19672 95 Surgery public 24402 6 <p>Hand surgery became an established subspecialty between World Wars I and II. Prior to this time, hand injuries were cared for by various specialists-neurosurgeons, plastic surgeons, orthopedic surgeons, and general surgeons-each of whom would focus on their particular tissue within the hand. With the nearly 90,000 hand injuries sustained during World War II, military hospitals were created to deal solely with hand injuries, and hand specialists began to treat the hand as a single functional organ. This article briefly reviews the origin of the field and discusses current trends in hand surgery.<p> 14911 Hand Orthopedics Anesthesia document-rn19672 Current trends in hand surgery Minnesota Minnesota Medicine Injuries 2022-02-21T22:48:57.408-06:00