title: Dorsal silicone rods in the primary care of war injuries.
abstract: During armed combat serious hand injuries are often neglected only to receive the attention they deserve far too late. The authors have employed a vigorous approach to the primary care of severe war injuries to dorsum of the hand introducing silicone rods where extensor tendons have been destroyed and where skin closure is obtained using inguinal skin flaps.
mesh_terms: D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011320:Primary Health Care; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012828:Silicones; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013710:Tendons / Q000601:surgery; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D014857:Warfare
chemical_list: D012828:Silicones