The conservative treatment of mallet finger with a simple splint: a case report.
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چکیده
Sixty patients with mallet finger deformity were randomly treated with either a Stack or a custom-made padded aluminium alloy malleable finger splint. Both splints were equally effective in correcting the deformity but the aluminium alloy splint was able to be fitted to a wider variety of finger shapes and sizes and caused significantly fewer skin complications.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Archives of emergency medicine
دوره 10 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1993