Dynamic "Homemade" Digital External Fixators for Proximal Interphalangeal Joint Injuries
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Aakash Chauhan1, Jakub Sikora-Klak1, Reid Abrams1
1Division of Hand, Upper Extremity, and Microvascular Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), San Diego, CA.
The Journal of Hand Surgery
|May 13, 2018
Abstract:
The purpose of this article is to discuss the indications and surgical techniques of "homemade" digital external fixators constructed from easily available and inexpensive hardware (K-wires and dental rubber bands).
Keywords:
External fixatorK-wiredigitdislocationdynamicfractureproximal interphalangeal jointrubber band
