Effects of workers' compensation on the diagnosis and surgical treatment of patients with hand and wrist disorders

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2294-2299

  Day, Charles S ^a   Alexander, Marcus ^a   Lal, Shalini ^a   Horton, Henry ^a   Ahn, Christine S ^a   Pauyo, Thierry ^a   Rozental, Tamara D ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BONE CYST; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DE QUERVAIN TENOSYNOVITIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EPICONDYLITIS; FEMALE; GANGLION CYST; HAND DISEASE; HAND FRACTURE; HAND SURGERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TENDINITIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGGER FINGER; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; WRIST DISEASE;

EID: 77957890419     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.I.00158     Document Type: Article

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