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Vacuum Splintage of the Hand

Published:1977-02 Issue:1 Volume:os-9 Page:71-75
ISSN:0072-968X
Container-title:Hand
language:en
Short-container-title:Hand

Author:

Ward C. M.¹

Affiliation:

1. Wessex Centre for Plastic and Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Odstock Hospital, Salisbury, Wiltshire.

Abstract

As a result of a previous trial in which factors influencing swelling of the hand after fasciectomy were studied it was found that unacceptable oedema occurred in hands elevated in a roller towel by night and a high sling by day. An alternative system of elevation in a vacuum splint was investigated and found to reduce post-operative oedema. The advantages and disadvantages of the vacuum splint in the management of the hand after surgery or injury are discussed.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Orthopedics and Sports Medicine,General Medicine,Surgery

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1016/S0072-968X%2877%2980037-5

Reference6 articles.

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4. Instant splints: Vacuum compacted polystyrene balls

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