Author/Editor		Maver, Tomaž; Marinček, Črt; Burger, Helena
Title		Slovenian experience with silicon prosthesis for partial hand amputation
Type		članek
Source		In: Soede M, Verbout AJ, Swart M, et al, editors. ISPO 98. Meet in Amsterdam. Conference book of the 9th world congress of the International society for prosthetics and orthotics; 1998 Jun 28-Jul 3; Amsterdam. Amsterdam: International society for prosthetics and orthotics,
Publication year		1998
Volume		str. 298-300
Language		eng
Abstract		About 13% of the patients with an upper limb amputation at the clinic for prosthetics and orthotics at the Institute for Rehabilitation, Republic of Slovenia, have a partial hand or finger amputation. Most of them decide for an esthetic prosthesis, therefore a technology for making esthetic silicon prostheses and 24 fingers. Each prosthesis was made individually, by means of a model, Skin and nail hues were chosen individually. Hair was implanted to male patients.
Descriptors		HAND AMPUTATION PROSTHESIS DESIGN SILICON ESTHETICS