Eponyms Describing Soft Tissue Pathologies in Orthopedic Hand Surgery

Orthopedic surgery literature utilizes numerous eponyms, and they have become commonplace among orthopedic surgeons and the general public alike. These eponyms can have important historical implications and their history is often overlooked by the physicians using such terms. This paper seeks to spe...

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Autores principales: Minto, Jonathan, Andemichael, Aman, Carroll, Thomas J, Wilbur, Danielle
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Orthopedics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10289835/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37362533
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39449
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author Minto, Jonathan
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Carroll, Thomas J
Wilbur, Danielle
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description Orthopedic surgery literature utilizes numerous eponyms, and they have become commonplace among orthopedic surgeons and the general public alike. These eponyms can have important historical implications and their history is often overlooked by the physicians using such terms. This paper seeks to specifically explore the origins of eponyms in orthopedic soft tissue diseases involving the upper extremity. Shedding light onto the origin of these eponyms can provide greater respect and understanding of their use in orthopedic surgery today.
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spelling pubmed-102898352023-06-24 Eponyms Describing Soft Tissue Pathologies in Orthopedic Hand Surgery Minto, Jonathan Andemichael, Aman Carroll, Thomas J Wilbur, Danielle Cureus Orthopedics Orthopedic surgery literature utilizes numerous eponyms, and they have become commonplace among orthopedic surgeons and the general public alike. These eponyms can have important historical implications and their history is often overlooked by the physicians using such terms. This paper seeks to specifically explore the origins of eponyms in orthopedic soft tissue diseases involving the upper extremity. Shedding light onto the origin of these eponyms can provide greater respect and understanding of their use in orthopedic surgery today. Cureus 2023-05-24 /pmc/articles/PMC10289835/ /pubmed/37362533 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39449 Text en Copyright © 2023, Minto et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Eponyms Describing Soft Tissue Pathologies in Orthopedic Hand Surgery
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title_short Eponyms Describing Soft Tissue Pathologies in Orthopedic Hand Surgery
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topic Orthopedics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10289835/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37362533
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39449
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