By Dr. Kingsley Chin
Scientific Paper
Chin KR1, Lonner JH, Jupiter BS, Jupiter JB.
Interested medical professionals can read through the full paper, also published in the Journal of Hand Surgery, here.
Abstract
To gain insight into the management of patients with hand and wrist injuries, a series of clinical and psychological analyses was performed on 9 surgeons, each of whom underwent operative fixation of a hand or wrist fracture. The results of these analyses suggest that the functional outcome after hand surgery was affected by the surgeons’ personality, motivation, and ability to accept and adapt to the injury, the nature of the injury, and the importance of the hand to the surgeons’ careers. Surgeons are highly motivated and compulsive individuals who consider their career involvement a major source of identity and self-worth. Most returned to their operative duties ahead of the schedule set by their hand surgeons (average, 25 days after surgery), regarded their injuries as a positive challenge, and changed their lifestyles after injury to protect their hands.
Dr. Kingsley R. Chin, Founder of philosophy and practice of The LES Society and The LESS Institute
About Author Dr. Kingsley R. Chin
Dr. Kingsley R. Chin is a board-certified Harvard-trained Orthopedic Spine Surgeon and Professor with copious business and information technology exposure. He sees a niche opportunity where medicine, business and info. tech meet – and is uniquely educated at the intersection of these three professions. He has experience as Professor of Clinical Biomedical Sciences & Admissions Committee Member at the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University, Professor of Clinical Orthopedic Surgery at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Visiting Spine Surgeon & Professor at the University of the West Indies, Mona, and Adjunct Professor of Clinical Biomedical Sciences at the University of Technology, Jamaica.
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Scientific Paper Author and Citation Details
Authors
Chin KR1, Lonner JH, Jupiter BS, Jupiter JB.
Author information
Hand Surgery Service, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, WACC 527, Boston, MA 02114, USA.