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• J Hand Surg Am · Aug 2013

  Comment Letter

  In reply.

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• J Hand Surg Am · Aug 2013

  Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study

  Volar locking plates versus external fixation and adjuvant pin fixation in unstable distal radius fractures: a randomized, controlled study.

  To determine whether volar locking plates are superior to external fixation with adjuvant pins in the treatment of unstable distal radius fractures. ⋯ Therapeutic I.

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• J Hand Surg Am · Aug 2013

  Comparative Study

  Pain and carpal tunnel syndrome.

  Pain is not a classical symptom of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), with the exception of numbness that is so intense that it is described by patients as painful. The primary aim of our study was to determine which factors correlated with pain for patients diagnosed with CTS. ⋯ Prognostic I.

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• J Hand Surg Am · Aug 2013

  Using the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) Statement to assess reporting of observational trials in hand surgery.

  To use the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement checklist to critically evaluate the change in quality of observational trial reporting in the Journal of Hand Surgery American between 2005 and 2011. ⋯ Diagnostic III.

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• J Hand Surg Am · Aug 2013

  Factitious hand disorders: review of 29 years of multidisciplinary care.

  To improve our understanding of factitious hand disorders with a review of our experience over 29 years in a multidisciplinary hand center. ⋯ Prognostic IV.

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