ReviewClinics in plastic surgery2008
Measuring outcomes in hand surgery.
Review in Clinics in plastic surgery, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
27 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Predictors of Hand Function Following Digit Replantation: Quantitative Review and Meta-Analysis.Hand (New York, N.Y.) · 2021Pooled it
- Ring Avulsion Injuries: A Systematic Review.Hand (New York, N.Y.) · 2018Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Outcomes after Revision Amputation for Treatment of Traumatic Finger Amputation.Plastic and reconstructive surgery · 2015Pooled it
- Preoperative Factors Associated With Worse PROMIS Pain Interference 2 Years After Hand and Wrist Surgery.Hand (New York, N.Y.) · 2025Article
- Crosswalk between the PROMIS physical function CAT and PROMIS upper extremity CAT v1.2 in a hand surgery population.Journal of patient-reported outcomes · 2024Article
- Establishing the Patient Acceptable Symptom State in a Nonshoulder Hand and Upper Extremity Population for the QuickDASH and PROMIS UE Computer Adaptive Tests.The Journal of hand surgery · 2024Article
- Reliability, Validity and Responsiveness of the Slovenian Version of the Patient Evaluation Measure (PEM-Slo) in Patients with Wrist and Hand Disorders.Zdravstveno varstvo · 2023Article
- Establishing the Minimal Clinically Important Difference and Substantial Clinical Benefit for the Pain Visual Analog Scale in a Postoperative Hand Surgery Population.The Journal of hand surgery · 2022Article
- Evaluation of the PROMIS Upper Extremity Against Validated Patient-Reported Outcomes in Patients With Early Carpometacarpal Osteoarthritis.The Journal of hand surgery · 2022Article
- Establishing the Substantial Clinical Benefit in a Non-Shoulder Hand and Upper Extremity Population for the QuickDASH and PROMIS Upper Extremity and Physical Function Computer Adaptive Tests.The Journal of hand surgery · 2022Article
- Establishing the Minimal Clinically Important Difference for the PROMIS Upper Extremity Computer Adaptive Test Version 2.0 in a Nonshoulder Hand and Upper Extremity Population.The Journal of hand surgery · 2021Article
- Outcomes Following Replantation/Revascularization in the Hand.Hand clinics · 2019Review
- Evaluation of Version 2.0 of the PROMIS Upper Extremity Computer Adaptive Test in Nonshoulder Upper Extremity Patients.The Journal of hand surgery · 2019Article
- Long-term functional, subjective and psychological results after single digit replantation.Acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica · 2018Article
- Outcomes Assessment After Hand Burns.Hand clinics · 2017Review
- Measuring Functional and Patient-Reported Outcomes After Treatment of Mutilating Hand Injuries: A Global Health Approach.Hand clinics · 2016Review
- Applying the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System to Assess Upper Extremity Function among Children with Congenital Hand Differences.Plastic and reconstructive surgery · 2015Article
- Psychometric properties of health-related quality of life instruments in patients undergoing palmar fasciectomy for dupuytren's disease: a prospective study.Hand (New York, N.Y.) · 2014Article
- Evaluation of Non Diseased Specified Outcome Measures in Hand Injuries to Assess Activity and Participation Based on ICF Content.Journal of hand and microsurgery · 2014Review
- Contribution of functional parameters to patient-rated outcomes after surgical treatment of distal radius fractures.The Journal of hand surgery · 2014Article
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Abstract
Outcomes research in hand surgery provides patients and providers with objective, reliable information to assist in making medical decisions. Endpoint measures in outcomes research and the instruments used to evaluate these endpoints are often specific to a particular disease or region. Hand surgery has many different measurable outcomes that can be used to monitor the quality of surgical practice, inform practice guidelines, and aid in the appropriate allocation of healthcare resources. In this article, we review some research techniques available to study the following surgical outcomes of the hand: national trends in surgical care, surgical complications, objective measures of hand function, patient-reported measures of hand function, and economic burden.
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