[The sacrified of sacrifice day].

This prospective study was carried out in the plastic and reconstructive surgery department of Kassab's hospital in Tunis and the hospital of Monastir (Tunisa) during the sacrifice day (Aïd el kebir). The study involved 50 patients. Our purpose was to identify the injuries of the hand occurring during this religions festival.

[Medical/legal aspects of hand injuries in topiary work].

The hand is frequently exposed to professional risks. It is often the target of accident during non protected work on a topia and many complex and grave lesions can be caused. The authors report a serie of 280 cases of topary hand treated in private and hospital sectors.

[Central agenesis of the hand].

Central aplasia represent under 10% of congenital malformations of the hand. It is characterised by the partial or complete absence of the median ray. We adopted the classification of Swanson and considered this anomaly a stop of median longitudinal development.