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Revista Cubana de Ortopedia y Traumatología
On-line version ISSN 1561-3100
Abstract
ALVAREZ CAMBRAS, RODRIGO; ARANGO GARCIA, GASTÓN and PRADO GARCIA, OLGA E.. Survival of a silastic implant for radial cupula in atypical localization. Rev Cubana Ortop Traumatol [online]. 1998, vol.12, n.1-2, pp. 112-116. ISSN 1561-3100.
The silastic protheses were created at first to relieve pain in the affections of small joints, such as the interphalangeal joints, the bones of the carpus, of the elbow, etc., and in the patients with rheumatoid arthritis. A prosthesis of radial cupula was used in the astragaloscaphoid articulation of the foot to replace the necrotic scaphoid that produced a lot of pain as a consequence of a fracture of this bone. The replacement of the scaphoid by the silastic prothesis gave good results.
Keywords : TARSAL BONES [injuries]; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; FRACTURES [surgery].