CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Plast Surg 1986; 19(01): 064-067
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1772515
Review Article

A New Dynamic Abduction and Extension Splint

Ramesh Chandra
,
S. D. Pandey
,
S. K. Bhatnagar
,
S. Bhattacharya

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.



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03 August 2023

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