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J Hand Microsurg 2021; 13(01): 27-34
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1721940
Review Article

Hand Surgery in Hong Kong

Wing-Yee Wong
1   Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2   Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Medical Centre, Ma Liu Shui, Hong Kong
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Wing-Lim Tse
3   Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong
,
Siu-Cheong Jeffrey Justin Koo
4   Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital, Tai Po, Hong Kong
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Abstract

Hand surgery in Hong Kong was borne out of necessity. It has been changing with the social, economic, and political situations. The spectrum of hand surgeries evolves with time, from infection-related hand surgeries to microsurgical or non-microsurgical operations on the huge volume of industrial hand injuries, to a wider variety of reconstructions on rheumatological, congenital upper limbs, traumatic, neurological diseases, etc, to minimally invasive surgeries on hand, wrist, and elbow. Hand surgery was deeply-rooted in orthopaedics in Hong Kong and is inseparable from microsurgeries, which have built a strong foundation for any kind of its future development.

Keywords

hand surgery - hong kong - industrial hand injuries - microsurgery - minimal invasive surgery


Publication History

Article published online:
07 January 2021

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