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The Mexican hat splint--a new splint for the treatment of closed mallet finger. 2001

S W Wilson, and C T Khoo
Department of Plastic Surgery, Withington Hospital, Manchester, UK. swwilson@doctors.org.uk

A new splint for the treatment of closed mallet finger injuries is described. This is a modified aluminium-foam ('Zimmer') splint, which takes account of the skin circulation at the distal interphalangeal joint, and is specifically designed to alleviate the potential problems which can be seen with the traditional 'mallet finger' splints.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D004867 Equipment Design Methods and patterns of fabricating machines and related hardware. Design, Equipment,Device Design,Medical Device Design,Design, Medical Device,Designs, Medical Device,Device Design, Medical,Device Designs, Medical,Medical Device Designs,Design, Device,Designs, Device,Designs, Equipment,Device Designs,Equipment Designs
D005383 Finger Injuries General or unspecified injuries involving the fingers. Injuries, Finger,Finger Injury,Injury, Finger
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013165 Splints Rigid or flexible appliances that are used to maintain a displaced or movable part in position, or to maintain the position of and protect an injured part. Dynamic Orthoses,Dynamic Splint,Dynamic Splinting,Dynamic Splints,Static Orthoses,Static Splint,Static Splinting,Static Splints,Dynamic Splintings,Splint,Splint, Dynamic,Splint, Static,Splinting, Dynamic,Splinting, Static,Splints, Dynamic,Splints, Static,Static Orthose

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