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ReviewJournal of Indian Prosthodontic Society

Use of silicone finger prostheses in amputee patients: An integrative review.

François Isnaldo Dias Caldeira, Victor Alves Nascimento, Kellen Cristina da Silva Gasque, Marcela Filié Haddad

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Review in Journal of Indian Prosthodontic Society. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

François Isnaldo Dias CaldeiraDepartment of Morphology, Genetics, Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry at Araraquara, UNESP- São Paulo State University (FOAr/UNESP), São Paulo, Brazil.
Victor Alves NascimentoDepartment of Clinics and Surgery, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Alfenas, UNIFAL-MG, Alfenas, Brazil.
Kellen Cristina da Silva GasqueOpen University of Brazilian Health System, Regional Board of Brasilia, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Brasilia, Brazil.
Marcela Filié HaddadDepartment of Clinics and Surgery, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Alfenas, UNIFAL-MG, Alfenas, Brazil.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to perform an integrative review of the literature on the use of silicone finger prostheses in amputee patients. Searches were performed in the PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, Scielo, and Cochrane Library databases until July 2021. Descriptors used in this article were: Silicone, finger, rehabilitation, and prosthesis. Clinical research and clinical reports on silicone finger prostheses, available in full and in English were included. Initially, 152 articles were identified. After establishing the inclusion/exclusion criteria, 23 studies were identified and constituted the final sample. Regarding the publication date of the included studies, 17.2% of them were published between 2012 and 2016. Most of the rehabilitations occurred in India (69.9%; n = 16), and the mean age of patients who used prostheses was 38.1 years. The level of scientific evidence of the included studies was IV and VI. Therefore, patients rehabilitated with silicone finger prostheses highlighted significant improvements in functional range of motion, restoration of self-esteem, advantages in psychological therapy, more pleasant social interaction, and changes in their quality of life.

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AmputeesArtificial LimbsAdultFingersHumansQuality of LifeSiliconesSiliconesFingerprosthesisrehabilitationSilicone

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PMID34810361
PMCPMC8617448

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