Hand Surg Rehabil 2020 09 15;39(4):256-260. Epub 2020 Feb 15.
Service d'orthopédie-traumatologie, Hôpital Aristide-Le-Dantec, 30, avenue Pasteur, B.P. 3001, Dakar, Senegal. Electronic address:
In Senegal, patients are seen an average of 16 months after their injury in a specialized hand and upper limb surgery department. Because of this lengthy delay, these patients have severe functional sequelae, such as wrist flexion contracture, averaging 45 degrees in our case series (range, 35 to 90 degrees). After reviewing the literature, we did not find any splint that was well suited to these patients. Read More