Managing Boutonniere and swan-neck deformities
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Managing Boutonniere and swan-neck deformities
This is how we successfully treat chronic boutonnieres 1) serial cast them until full or near full extension of the PIP joint is obtained and the DIP joint is able to flex as much as the DIP joint of the same finger on the other hand. The lateral bands are still volar to the axis of the PIP joint if the DIP is still hyperextending. 2) start an 8 week full time (24/7) PIP extension splint. In th...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Proceedings
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1753-6561
DOI: 10.1186/1753-6561-9-s3-a50