[Evaluation of residual function of the hand in its defects]

The authors have worked out a method of evaluation of residual function of the hand. The method is based on successful on successful 25 types of grasping and functional positions which are most commonly occurring in every-day life of correspond to certain professional skills. This method has been used in the examination of 60 patients before surgical treatment, after reconstructive interventions and subsequent prosthetics. The examination has demonstrated that surgical treatment of prosthetics increased the residual function of the hand on the average to 50%. Surgical treatment combined with prosthetics restores the functional abilities of the hand to 3/4 of the normal condition.