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Clinical Trial
. 1993 Sep;10(3):244-8.
doi: 10.1136/emj.10.3.244.

The conservative treatment of mallet finger with a simple splint: a case report

A Maitra  1 , B Dorani
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Clinical Trial

The conservative treatment of mallet finger with a simple splint: a case report

A Maitra et al. Arch Emerg Med. 1993 Sep.

Abstract

Sixty patients with mallet finger deformity were randomly treated with either a Stack or a custom-made padded aluminium alloy malleable finger splint. Both splints were equally effective in correcting the deformity but the aluminium alloy splint was able to be fitted to a wider variety of finger shapes and sizes and caused significantly fewer skin complications.

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