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Rita Grazina Serviço de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Centro Hospitalar Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Portugal

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Sérgio Teixeira Serviço de Cirurgia Plástica, Reconstrutiva e Estética e Unidade de Queimados, Centro Hospitalar de São João, Portugal

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Renato Ramos Serviço de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Centro Hospitalar Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Portugal

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Henrique Sousa Serviço de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Centro Hospitalar Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Portugal

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Andreia Ferreira Serviço de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Centro Hospitalar Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Portugal

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Rui Lemos Serviço de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Centro Hospitalar Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Portugal

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least one complication, which is important when compared with the 21.2% rate of placebo. Most complications are mild/moderate and include bruising, injection-site haemorrhage or pain, upper limb pain, tenderness, ecchymosis, pruritus, swelling, skin

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Ilse Degreef Department of Orthopaedic, Hand Unit, Leuven University Hospitals, Gasthuisberg, Herestraat, Leuven, Belgium

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Donald H Lalonde Division of Plastic Surgery, Dalhousie University, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

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, clavicle plating, and major limb amputations ( 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 80 ). Although the cost benefits of this approach in these cases are evident, the absolute indications for these procedures are not yet completely clear and

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Dimitrios A. Flevas First Department of Orthopaedics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece

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Sophia Syngouna Department of Upper Extremity Surgery and Microsurgery, KAT Hospital, Athens, Greece

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Emmanouel Fandridis Department of Upper Extremity Surgery and Microsurgery, KAT Hospital, Athens, Greece

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Sotirios Tsiodras Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece

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Andreas F. Mavrogenis First Department of Orthopaedics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece

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vessels, poor perfusion and weakened skin barrier are more likely to present in the medical cabinet with an infected upper limb. Newborns are also prone to hand infections due to their undeveloped immune systems and their sharp nail-ends that can injure

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Lars B. Dahlin Department of Translational Medicine - Hand Surgery, Lund University, and Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden

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Mikael Wiberg Department of Surgical and Perioperative Science, University Hospital, and Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Umeå University, Sweden

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excursion of the nerve trunk in connection with movement of the limb. Furthermore, a nerve trunk can be surgically mobilised over a certain distance without restriction of the blood flow. The fundamental difference between the epineurial blood vessels and

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