A New Dynamic Abduction and Extension Splint

A new ingenious innovation to maintain abduction of the Ist web space in adduction contractures of the thumb and to maintain extension and abduction of the fingers in treating flexion contractures and syndactylies has been developed at the Postgraduate Department of Plastic Surgery, King George'...

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Main Authors: Ramesh Chandra, S. D. Pandey, S. K. Bhatnagar, S. Bhattacharya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 1986-02-01
Series:Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0043-1772515
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Summary:A new ingenious innovation to maintain abduction of the Ist web space in adduction contractures of the thumb and to maintain extension and abduction of the fingers in treating flexion contractures and syndactylies has been developed at the Postgraduate Department of Plastic Surgery, King George's Medical College, Lucknow. Their ability to prevent adduction contractures of the thumb and flexion contractures of the fingers respectively has been evaluated. These are noninvasive and fairly inexpensive devices which can be easily fabricated and have been found to be perfectly acceptable.
ISSN:0970-0358
1998-376X