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Physician practices in referring rheumatoid hand and thumb carpometacarpal arthritis cases to hand surgeons

Zahir T. Fadel, Zainalabden E. Jefri, Hussain A. Alkhalifah, Hanin M. Y. Ahmad, Raghad A. Alzahrani, Mohammed B. Ashi and Osama A. Samargandi
Saudi Medical Journal September 2024, 45 (9) 919-928; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2024.45.9.20240187
Zahir T. Fadel
From the Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery (Fadel, Samargandi), Faculty of Medicine King Abdulaziz University, and from the Faculty of Medicine (Jefri, Alkhalifah, Ahmad, Alzahrani), King Abdulaziz University; and from the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Ashi), National Guard Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Zainalabden E. Jefri
From the Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery (Fadel, Samargandi), Faculty of Medicine King Abdulaziz University, and from the Faculty of Medicine (Jefri, Alkhalifah, Ahmad, Alzahrani), King Abdulaziz University; and from the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Ashi), National Guard Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Hussain A. Alkhalifah
From the Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery (Fadel, Samargandi), Faculty of Medicine King Abdulaziz University, and from the Faculty of Medicine (Jefri, Alkhalifah, Ahmad, Alzahrani), King Abdulaziz University; and from the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Ashi), National Guard Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Hanin M. Y. Ahmad
From the Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery (Fadel, Samargandi), Faculty of Medicine King Abdulaziz University, and from the Faculty of Medicine (Jefri, Alkhalifah, Ahmad, Alzahrani), King Abdulaziz University; and from the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Ashi), National Guard Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Raghad A. Alzahrani
From the Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery (Fadel, Samargandi), Faculty of Medicine King Abdulaziz University, and from the Faculty of Medicine (Jefri, Alkhalifah, Ahmad, Alzahrani), King Abdulaziz University; and from the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Ashi), National Guard Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammed B. Ashi
From the Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery (Fadel, Samargandi), Faculty of Medicine King Abdulaziz University, and from the Faculty of Medicine (Jefri, Alkhalifah, Ahmad, Alzahrani), King Abdulaziz University; and from the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Ashi), National Guard Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Osama A. Samargandi
From the Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery (Fadel, Samargandi), Faculty of Medicine King Abdulaziz University, and from the Faculty of Medicine (Jefri, Alkhalifah, Ahmad, Alzahrani), King Abdulaziz University; and from the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Ashi), National Guard Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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vol. 45 no. 9 919-928
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2024.45.9.20240187
PubMed 
39218469

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Saudi Medical Journal
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1658-3175
History 
  • Received March 3, 2024
  • Accepted July 16, 2024
  • Published online September 1, 2024.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work.

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  1. Zahir T. Fadel, MD, MSc,
  2. Zainalabden E. Jefri, Medical Student⇑,
  3. Hussain A. Alkhalifah, Medical Student,
  4. Hanin M. Y. Ahmad, Medical Student,
  5. Raghad A. Alzahrani, Medical Student,
  6. Mohammed B. Ashi, MBBS and
  7. Osama A. Samargandi, MD, MSc
  1. From the Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery (Fadel, Samargandi), Faculty of Medicine King Abdulaziz University, and from the Faculty of Medicine (Jefri, Alkhalifah, Ahmad, Alzahrani), King Abdulaziz University; and from the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Ashi), National Guard Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Zainalabden E. Jefri, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: Zainessamaljefri{at}gmail.com.
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Saudi Medical Journal Sep 2024, 45 (9) 919-928; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2024.45.9.20240187
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