A simple model for hand trauma training.
This paper introduces the use of fresh, uncooked chickens as a simple, easily accessible and inexpensive teaching model to simulate the conditions met in cases of human hand injury.
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Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, Pinderfields General Hospital, Wakefield, UK. claudemalic@yahoo.co.uk
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D000818:Animals; D001864:Bone Wires; D002645:Chickens; D005269:Femur; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000193:education*; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D050279:Metacarpal Bones / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000193:education*