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Finger Injuries (cont.)

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Authors and Editors

Author: John P. Cunha, DO

Editor: Melissa Conrad Stoppler, MD

Previous contributing authors and editors: Author:Lynne M Yancey, MD, Director of International Emergency Medicine, Senior Instructor, Emergency Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.

Coauthor(s): Jean Abbott, MD, FACEP, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine.

Editors:Joseph A Salomone III, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Truman Medical Center, University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; James S Cohen, MD, Consulting Staff, James Cohen, PC.


Last Editorial Review: 11/2/2007

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Jammed Finger »

The layman's term "jammed finger" often refers to injuries that are incurred around the proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint of the fingers

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