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、比利時和瑞士手部手術協會以及法國手部和上肢康復協會，手外科和康復協會（原名Chirugie de la Main）的官方出版物，發表原創文章、法文和英文的文獻綜述、技術說明和臨床病例。它在主要國際數據庫（包括Medline）中編入索引。該雜志最初是一個面向法語的手外科醫生的平臺，現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發現。該雜志還包括法語的兩年制補充、法國手外科學會的專著，其中提供了手部、周圍神經和上肢手術領域的綜合評論。