Chirurgie de la main
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Chirurgie de la main · Oct 2003
[Birth and development of the FESUM (European Federation of Hand Emergency Services)].
The European Federation of Hand Emergency Services (FESUM) was founded in France in 1979 and established all over the country and extended to other European countries in 1989. The aim of this federation is to assure the best possible treatment for hand injuries, thanks to the coordination of the orthopaedic or plastic surgery department which satisfy the standards established and controlled by the federation as well as the development and research in the field of hand trauma and applications of microsurgery. In collaboration with the French Society of Hand Surgery and the French College of Hand Surgery, it fulfills a triple mission of treatment, teaching and research in the specific field of this surgery. The author evokes the present role of the FESUM and the future problems to be solved in order to develop this specialized surgery which plays a major social and economic role.
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Chirurgie de la main · Oct 2003
Multicenter Study[Eight days of hand emergencies. Report of the audit carried out at the FESUM centers from June 3 to June 9, 2002].
All the FESUM centers in France, Belgium and Switzerland were invited to participate in this prospective audit, during 1 week in June 2002. In these FESUM centers, the patients are operated by senior hand surgeons or trainees graduated with a microsurgical and a hand surgery University degrees. All acute hand disorders, requiring surgery or not, were to be included. ⋯ An information leaflet about orientation of hand trauma has been distributed to non-specialized emergency centers. Hand surgery training must be reevaluated inside the universitary system to avoid a dramatic lack of hand surgeons within a few years. A new audit will be presented next year.