Journal of Hand Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 3 , Pages 359-367.e5 , March 2010

Publication Bias in Kienböck's Disease: Systematic Review

  • Lee Squitieri, BS
    • ,
  • Elizabeth Petruska, BS
    • ,
  • Kevin C. Chung, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Kevin C. Chung, MD, Section of Plastic Surgery, University of Michigan Health System, 2130 Taubman Center, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0340

Received 5 August 2009 ,Accepted 3 December 2009.

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 Supported in part by a Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research (K24 AR053120) from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (to K.C.C.). No benefits in any form have been received or will be received related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article.

PII: S0363-5023(09)01094-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2009.12.003

Journal of Hand Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 3 , Pages 359-367.e5 , March 2010

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