title: The conservative treatment of mallet finger with a simple splint: a case report.
abstract: Sixty patients with mallet finger deformity were randomly treated with either a Stack or a custom-made padded aluminium alloy malleable finger splint. Both splints were equally effective in correcting the deformity but the aluminium alloy splint was able to be fitted to a wider variety of finger shapes and sizes and caused significantly fewer skin complications.
authors.affiliation: Accident and Emergency Department, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maitra
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dorani
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006227:Hand Deformities, Acquired / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013165:Splints