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Burns Open, 2021 Post burn contractures are a common occurrence after severe burn injuries. In more than 80% of all burns, the hand is involved (Fufa et al., 2014). This article aims to emphasize on the need of detailed pre-operative scrutiny of hand deformities and ...
Veena Singh +5 more
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Bilateral ape hand deformity [PDF]
Neurology, 2017 A 54-year-old man with a history of alcohol abuse (>2 bottles of wine per day for 40 years) presented with 2 years of progressive weakness in all 4 limbs. Alcoholic polyneuropathy was diagnosed on clinical grounds and gabapentin was used for alcohol withdrawal ...
Aymeric, Amelot +3 more
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Backward logistic regression analysis of the determinants of the hand function among patients with leprosy: A cross-sectional study [PDF]
Malaysian Family PhysicianIntroduction: The hands are the most common site of disability in leprosy. Hand dysfunction could result in difficulty performing activities of daily living.
Rizky Kusuma Wardhani +2 more
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Arthritis Research & Therapy, 2021 Background Although drug therapy for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has recently improved, treating patients with established disease, whose hands have three major deformities (thumb deformity, finger deformities, and ulnar drift), remains a challenge.
Shogo Toyama +6 more
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Surgical reconstruction in Wassel type IV thumb duplication
Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 2020 Objective: The aim of this study was to review the results of patients with Wassel type IV thumb duplication, treated with a single reconstructive procedure. Methods: The mean follow–up period was 76.9 months.
Murat Kayalar +5 more
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Study on Surgical Management of Post Burn Hand Deformities [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015 Context: Functionality of the hands is the major determinants of the quality of life in burns survivors. If contractures or scarring affect the dominant hand, as they do on most occasions, the vocation and there by the economic status of the patient ...
Nonavinakere Prabhakera Sunil +4 more
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CONGENITAL DEFORMITIES OF THE HANDS. [PDF]
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1899 Anomalies of the hand are not an infrequent occurrence. The variety of the deviations from the normal are very great, from that of a double hand, as reported by Geraldes and others, or one with supernumerary digits, or cleft hand, as operated on and reported by C. N.
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Tendon transfers for the upper extremity in cerebral palsy
Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 2020 Upper extremity deformities in cerebral palsy are caused by the imbalance between spastic and weak muscles acting on unstable joints. The basic goals of surgical treatment of spastic hands and upper extremities of patients with cerebral palsy can be ...
Turker Ozkan, Serdar Tuncer
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Conservative Treatment for a Mallet Finger Deformity (A Review of 50 Cases)
Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 1990 50 cases of Mallet finger deformity were treated with a small splint restricting the D.I.P. joint. We found the method simple, giving satisfactory results.
Shobhana Mulay +2 more
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, 2009 Objectives. The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence and significance of hand deformities during the first 10 years of RA. Methods. One hundred and eighty-three early RA patients were included in the study during 1985-89. Mean +/- s.d.
Malcus Johnsson, Pia, +2 more
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