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The 9th Congress of the Chinese Hand Surgery Society
Author(s) -
Wang Huan,
Gu Yudong,
Xu Jianguang
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
microsurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.031
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1098-2752
pISSN - 0738-1085
DOI - 10.1002/micr.20112
Subject(s) - medicine , china , hand surgery , beijing , surgery , general surgery , microsurgery , service (business) , law , economy , political science , economics
Hand surgery started in China when Dr. Shuhuan Wang, founder of hand surgery in China, established China's first hand surgery service in Jishuitan Hospital in Beijing, September 1958. Shortly after this, in southern China, a division of hand surgery was established at Huashan Hospital, Shanghai, in 1960. Owing to the dedication of generations of hand surgeons, hand surgery has developed and flourished throughout China. Nowadays, more than 60 medical centers and hospitals have hand surgery service, and over 10 of them have an independent hand surgery department. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. Microsurgery 25:90–95, 2005.