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There are reduction force finger splints. sm

Posted By: Txczech on 2007-01-12
In Reply to: ortho help - ss

Subject: There are reduction force finger splints. sm


Compact universal splint apparatus for focused immobilization such ...





Where an adjustment in size is needed , the present splint construction ... so that an upward reduction force is exerted on the fractured phalanx at the ...
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Compact universal splint apparatus for focused immobilization such ...





A splint apparatus includes an immobilization member which is substantially ... so that an upward reduction force is exerted on the fractured phalanx at the ...
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Dynamic external fixation for injuries of the proximal ...





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oped the ‘force couple splint’, which utilises phalangeal K-. wires to provide a volar reduction force on the base of the. middle phalanx.



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