Blinded, Prospective, Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Volar, Dorsal, and Custom Thermoplastic Splinting in Treatment of Acute Mallet Finger

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 580-588

  Pike, Jeffrey ^a   Mulpuri, Kishore ^a   Metzger, Mark ^a   Ng, Gordon ^a   Wells, Neil ^a   Goetz, Thomas ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

mallet finger; randomized controlled trial; Splinting

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE MALLET FINGER; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; CUSTOM THERMOPLASTIC SPLINTING; DISTAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; DORSAL PADDED ALUMINUM SPLINTING; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FINGER; FINGER INJURY; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN ULCER; SPLINTING; TREATMENT DURATION; VOLAR PADDED ALUMINUM SPLINTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALUMINUM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPLINTS; TENDON INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 77950233869     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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