Early Functional Treatment and Modern Cast Making for Indications in Hand Surgery

Figure 3

Middlehand orthoses (fingers excluded): (a) dorsoradial and (b) palmar view; case sample: displaced 4th metacarpal fracture, (c) X-ray on admission and (d) at 6 weeks following open reduction and fixation (resorbable implant; 2 mm LactoSorb® plate) (DASH analysis of case series: ; score-mean = 32.07 ± 3.54 SD; DASH follow-up interval (weeks): 11.57 ± 0.77 SD).

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