As the official publication of the French, Belgian and Swiss Societies for Surgery of the Hand, as well as of the French Society of Rehabilitation of the Hand & Upper Limb, Hand Surgery and Rehabilitation — formerly named Chirurgie de la Main — publishes original articles, literature reviews, technical notes, and clinical cases in French and in English.It is indexed in the main international databases (including Medline). Initially a platform for French-speaking hand surgeons, the journal will now publish many of its articles in English to disseminate its authors'''' scientific findings more widely.The journal also includes a biannual supplement in French, the monograph of the French Society for Surgery of the Hand, where comprehensive reviews in the fields of hand, peripheral nerve and upper limb surgery are presented.

作為法國(guó)、比利時(shí)和瑞士手部手術(shù)協(xié)會(huì)以及法國(guó)手部和上肢康復(fù)協(xié)會(huì)，手外科和康復(fù)協(xié)會(huì)（原名Chirugie de la Main）的官方出版物，發(fā)表原創(chuàng)文章、法文和英文的文獻(xiàn)綜述、技術(shù)說(shuō)明和臨床病例。它在主要國(guó)際數(shù)據(jù)庫(kù)（包括Medline）中編入索引。該雜志最初是一個(gè)面向法語(yǔ)的手外科醫(yī)生的平臺(tái)，現(xiàn)在將以英文出版其許多文章，以更廣泛地傳播其作者的科學(xué)發(fā)現(xiàn)。該雜志還包括法語(yǔ)的兩年制補(bǔ)充、法國(guó)手外科學(xué)會(huì)的專著，其中提供了手部、周圍神經(jīng)和上肢手術(shù)領(lǐng)域的綜合評(píng)論。