title: Updating upper extremity temporary prosthesis: thermoplastics.
abstract: Since 1989 amputees with upper-extremity burns have been fitted with a temporary prosthesis fabricated from low-temperature thermoplastic. Before 1989 conventional temporary prostheses were fabricated with plaster. The use of the thermoplastic material has produced a lightweight, cost-effective, modular system. No patients exhibited skin breakdown with the thermoplastic material. It appears that thermoplastics may be the next major breakthrough in terms of a design for a temporary upper-extremity prosthesis.
authors.affiliation: University of Tennessee Medical Group, Memphis.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fletchall
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tran
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ungaro
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hickerson
mesh_terms: D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D001134:Arm Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery; D001186:Artificial Limbs; D002056:Burns / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010969:Plastics; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D010969:Plastics