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Rehabilitation of single finger amputation with customized silicone prosthesis
Niharika Yadav, Pooran Chand, Sunit Kumar Jurel
Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dental Sciences, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Niharika Yadav
Department of Prosthodontics, King George's Medical University, Lucknow - 226 003, Uttar Pradesh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0975-5950.196141
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Finger amputations are common in accidents at home, work, and play. Apart from trauma, congenital disease and deformity also leads to finger amputation. This results in loss of function, loss of sensation as well as loss of body image. Finger prosthesis offers psychological support and social acceptance in such cases. This clinical report describes a method to fabricate ring retained silicone finger prosthesis in a patient with partial finger loss. |
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