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Low Cost Cosmetic Hand ProsthesesFrom the Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital, Edinburgh Correspondence: G. S. Campbell, M.D., F.R.C.S.(C), Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Loma Linda University Medical Center, 11234 Anderson Street, Loma Linda, California 92354, U.S.A. 66 patients with congenital or acquired amputations of the hand have been studied after fitting partial or complete silicone hand prostheses which can be manufactured at relatively low cost. Most patients used their prostheses on social occasions only and all but four expressed satisfaction with them.
Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 17, No. 2,
201-203 (1992) |
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