TY - JOUR KW - Equipment Design KW - Humans KW - leprosy KW - Nepal KW - Polyvinyl Chloride KW - Splints AU - Theuvenet W J AU - Ruchal S P AU - Soares D J AU - Roche P AB -

There are several indications when to use splints in the treatment of leprosy. PVC waterpipe is a cheap and easily available material in developing countries. Its advantages, indications, and the manufacturing of splints are described.

BT - Leprosy review C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7861924?dopt=Abstract CN - Infolep Library - available DA - 1994 Dec DO - 10.5935/0305-7518.19940039 IS - 4 J2 - Lepr Rev LA - eng N2 -

There are several indications when to use splints in the treatment of leprosy. PVC waterpipe is a cheap and easily available material in developing countries. Its advantages, indications, and the manufacturing of splints are described.

PY - 1994 SP - 385 EP - 95 T2 - Leprosy review TI - Advantages, indications, and the manufacturing of melted PVC waterpipe splints. UR - http://leprev.ilsl.br/pdfs/1994/v65n4/pdf/v65n4a11.pdf VL - 65 SN - 0305-7518 ER -