Questions of the handsurgeon to the radiologist—a survey on the most common lesions in the hand and the implications of diagnostic tools on their therapy

By the rapid development of imaging techniques, a significant gap developed between the knowledge of the radiologists and that of the hand surgeons on specific indications of the different technical possibilities. The problems to be solved by both specialties together are analyzed. Examples of the m...

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Published in:European journal of radiology 1997-09, Vol.25 (2), p.86-91
Main Authors: Frey, Manfred, Girsch, Werner
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Diagnostic radiography
Hand - diagnostic imaging
Hand - surgery
Humans
Patient Care Team
Radiography
Radiological diagnosis
Radiology
Specialties, Surgical
Surgery
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Summary:By the rapid development of imaging techniques, a significant gap developed between the knowledge of the radiologists and that of the hand surgeons on specific indications of the different technical possibilities. The problems to be solved by both specialties together are analyzed. Examples of the most common lesions in the hand like trauma, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, congenital malformation, infection, tumour, rheumatoid and other degenerative processes, nerve compression syndromes etc., are given, and the implications of diagnostic tools on their therapy are discussed.
ISSN:0720-048X
1872-7727
DOI:10.1016/S0720-048X(97)00053-3