Journal of Hand Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 580-588 , April 2010

Blinded, Prospective, Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Volar, Dorsal, and Custom Thermoplastic Splinting in Treatment of Acute Mallet Finger

Received 29 July 2009 ,Accepted 7 January 2010.

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 The authors acknowledge the efforts of the St. Paul's Orthopaedic Research Office staff, particularly Biraj Bora, for collecting and managing the data for this investigation.

 Support was received from the Canadian Orthopedic Association for data collection and management. No author directly received any support. No benefits in any form have been received or will be received related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article.

PII: S0363-5023(10)00007-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2010.01.005

Journal of Hand Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 580-588 , April 2010

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