A Cost-Effective Stainless-Steel Wire Finger Splint

J Hand Microsurg 2022; 14(03): 262-263
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1715711

Letter to the Editor

Pandurangan Harikrishnan

¹Craniofacial Orthodontist and Oral Surgeon, Teeth “N” Jaws Center, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

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