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Archive > April, 2006 Vol. VII, No. 4

Medical Malpractice Quiz

Timeout Turmoil

Lorne B. Sheren, MD, JD

A woman suffering from long-standing rheumatoid arthritis is about to undergo metacarpophalangeal joint prosthesis on the right hand and a synovectomy on the left hand. The arthritis has deformed both her hands.

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