Hand surgery in Malaysia

Authors

• Tunku Sara AhmadFollow
• Amir Adham Ahmad
• Shalimar Abdullah
• Universiti Malaya

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2021

Abstract

We have all heard the old aphorism, ``Necessity is the mother of invention.'' While the provenance of the proverb is uncertain, its truth is not in doubt. This is true for the development of hand surgery in Malaysia. As part of the management for leprosy, patients with high ulnar nerve palsies were managed by the pioneers of hand surgery in Malaysia. They did tendon transfers to improve the quality of life of these patients. Since then, hand surgery in Malaysia have grown leaps and bounds. From a small humble beginning in the suburb of Sungai Buloh to organizing the 10th Congress of Asian Pacific Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand, hand surgery in Malaysia will only get better with time.

Keywords

Malaysia, Hand surgery, History, MSSH, APFSSH, WALANT

Publication Title

Journal of Hand and Microsurgery

DOI

10.1055/s-0040-1721942

Recommended Citation

Ahmad, Tunku Sara; Ahmad, Amir Adham; Abdullah, Shalimar; and Universiti Malaya, "Hand surgery in Malaysia" (2021). Research Publications (2021 to 2025). 11034.
https://knova.um.edu.my/research_publications_2021_2025/11034

Volume

13

Issue

1

First Page

21

Last Page

26

Publisher

Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.