Specialty representation and interdisciplinary collaboration in hand surgery research over four decades

Emanuele M Ghetti, Carmine Scarlato, Edoardo Caimi, Kian Daneshi, Giorgio E Pajardi, Luigi Troisi

Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume): Journal of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand & Official Journal of the Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand

Published online on June 10, 2026

Abstract

Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume), Ahead of Print.
Introduction:Hand surgery is a multidisciplinary field involving surgical and rehabilitation disciplines. Although clinical care often requires collaboration between specialties, the academic structure of hand surgery research and the relative ...