AldermanAKChungKCKimHMFoxDAUbelPA. Effectiveness of rheumatoid hand surgery: contrasting perceptions of hand surgeons and rheumatologists. J Hand Surg Am. 2003, 28: 3–11.
2.
AmadioPC. Outcomes research and the hand surgeon. J Hand Surg Am. 1994, 19: 351–2.
3.
Anonymous. Cost-effectiveness studies. Br Med J. 1978, 23: 848–9.
4.
CaliandroPLa TorreGPaduaRGianniniFPaduaL. Treatment for ulnar neuropathy at the elbow. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012, 11; 7.
5.
ChaseRA. Costs, risks, and benefits of hand surgery. J Hand Surg Am. 1983, 8: 644–8.
6.
ChenNCShauverMJChungKC. Cost-effectiveness of open partial fasciectomy, needle aponeurotomy, and collagenase injection for dupuytren contracture. J Hand Surg Am. 2011, 36: 1826–34 e32.
7.
ChungKCPillsburyMSWaltersMRHaywardRA. Reliability and validity testing of the Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire. J Hand Surg Am. 1998, 23: 575–87.
8.
CreanSMGerberRALe GraverandMPBoydDMCappelleriJC. The efficacy and safety of fasciectomy and fasciotomy for Dupuytren’s contracture in European patients: a structured review of published studies. J Hand Surg Eur. 2011, 36: 396–407.
9.
CurtinCMWagnerJPGaterDRChungKC. Opinions on the treatment of people with tetraplegia: contrasting perceptions of physiatrists and hand surgeons. J Spinal Cord Med. 2007, 30: 256–62.
10.
DavisENChungKCKotsisSVLauFHVijanS. A cost/utility analysis of open reduction and internal fixation versus cast immobilization for acute nondisplaced mid-waist scaphoid fractures. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2006, 117: 1223–35.
11.
DolanRTButlerJSMurphySMHynesDCroninKJ. Health-related quality of life and functional outcomes following nerve transfers for traumatic upper brachial plexus injuries. J Hand Surg Eur. 2012; 37(7): 642–51
12.
DonabedianA. Evaluating the quality of medical care. Milbank Q. 1966, 44(Suppl): 166–206.
13.
DubertTVochePDumontierCDinhA. The DASH questionnaire. (French translation of a trans-cultural adaptation). Chir Main. 2001, 20: 294–302.
14.
HudakPLAmadioPCBombardierC. Development of an upper extremity outcome measure: the DASH (disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand). The Upper Extremity Collaborative Group (UECG). Am J Ind Med. 1996, 29: 602–8.
15.
KadzielskiJMalhotraLRZurakowskiDLeeSGJupiterJBRingD. Minimally invasive fixation versus conservative treatment of undisplaced scaphoid fractures: a cost-effectiveness study. J Hand Surg Am. 2004, 29: 116–9.
16.
KadzielskiJMalhotraLRZurakowskiDLeeSGJupiterJBRingD. Evaluation of preoperative expectations and patient satisfaction after carpal tunnel release. J Hand Surg Am. 2008, 33: 1783–8.
17.
LutzGKButzlaffMEAtlasSJKellerRBSingerDEDeyoRA. The relation between expectations and outcomes in surgery for sciatica. J Gen Intern Med. 1999, 14: 740–4.
18.
O’BrienBGafniA. When do the “dollars” make sense? Toward a conceptual framework for contingent valuation studies in health care. Med Decis Making. 1996, 16: 288–99.
19.
MossJEStaggersHO. Cost and quality of health care: Unnecessary surgery – Report, 94th Congress, 2nd Session. 1976.
20.
PapaloizosMYFusettiCChristenTNagyLWasserfallenJB. Minimally invasive fixation versus conservative treatment of undisplaced scaphoid fractures: a cost-effectiveness study. J Hand Surg Br. 2004; 29: 116–9.
21.
ParkMJLichtmanGChristianJB. Surgical treatment of thumb carpometacarpal joint arthritis: a single institution experience from 1995–2005. Hand. 2008, 3: 304–10.
22.
SharrockCKennedyDSpencerS. Patients’ expectations, experiences and the determinants of satisfaction related to metacarpophalangeal arthroplasty. Musculoskel Care. 2013. Epub ahead of print. DOI: 10.1002/msc.1061.
23.
SymesTHStothardJ. A systematic review of the treatment of acute fractures of the scaphoid. J Hand Surg Eur. 2011, 36: 802–10.
24.
VinnarsBEkenstamFAGerdinB. Comparison of direct and indirect costs of internal fixation and cast treatment in acute scaphoid fractures: a randomized trial involving 52 patients. Acta Orthop. 2007, 78: 672–9.
25.
WajonACarrEEdmundsIAda. Surgery for thumb (trapeziometacarpal joint) osteoarthritis. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews. 2009: CD004631.
26.
WardP. Cost-effectiveness studies. Br Med J. 1978, 2: 1231.
27.
WestfallJMMoldJFagnanL. Practice-based research—“Blue Highways” on the NIH roadmap. JAMA. 2007, 297: 403–6.
28.
WolfJMDelarondeS. Current trends in nonoperative and operative treatment of trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis: a survey of US hand surgeons. J Hand Surg Am. 2012, 37: 77–82.
