Surgical treatment of fixed flexion contractures in the hands of institutionalised patients.
Three severely demented elderly patients had fixed flexion contractures of all fingers of one or both hands. This caused an unpleasant problem of hygiene and of nail ingrowth into the palm. A surgical solution to this problem is described, with good results.
Needoff
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Harlow Wood Orthopaedic Hospital, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
Moulton
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D000368:Aged; D003286:Contracture / Q000601:surgery*; D003704:Dementia; D005260:Female; D005384:Finger Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization; D008297:Male; D013710:Tendons / Q000601:surgery*