Postoperative dynamic extension splinting compared with fixation with Kirschner wires and static splinting in contractures of burned hands: A comparative study of 57 cases in 9 years

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 197-202

  Tan, Onder ^a   Atik, Bekir ^b   Dogan, Ali ^b   Uslu, Mustafa ^b   Alpaslan, Suleyman ^b  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Burn; Contracture; Dynamic; Hand; Kirschner; Splint

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SPLINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE WIRES; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SPLINTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548080413     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: 16512073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310701228719     Document Type: Article

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