Department of Surgery, Division of Paediatric Surgery, Paediatrics & Child Health, Physiology & Pathophysiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Division of General and Thoracic Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. augusto.zani@sickkids.ca.
Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Program, Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. augusto.zani@sickkids.ca.
Department of Development and Regeneration, Cluster Woman and Child and Clinical Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospitals, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
The Richard Wood Jr. Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment and Division of Neonatology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Department of Surgery, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA, United States; Division of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of Orange County, Orange, CA, United States. Electronic address: yguner@hs.uci.edu.
Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department, Centre de Référence Maladie Rare: Hernie de Coupole Diaphragmatique, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Université Paris Sud, AP-HP, Clamart, France; European Reference Network on Rare and Inherited Congenital Anomalies "ERNICA".
Dental traumatic injuries are common in children during the mixed dentition stage. These injuries usually require splinting for stabilization, which is complicated by the various stages of the permane...
Seventeen 3D model variations were created from a CBCT scan of a 7-year-old patient without erupted permanent upper lateral incisors. A 1000 N palatal load on the right central incisor simulated the a...
The NCS allowed greater tooth mobility of the avulsed incisor than the WCS, irrespective of splint extension, PDL condition, or load application. During horizontal loading, polyether-like properties f...
Based on the FEA analysis, a 1.0 mm NCS may be suitable for splinting avulsion injuries during the mixed dentition stage compared to the considerably more rigid WCS. The NCS models provided flexibilit...
There is considerable variation in the rehabilitation of ankle fractures. Ankle fractures treated surgically are often immobilized or splinted in the early post-operative period, despite the lack of r...
A prospective multi-centre randomized controlled trial was performed in three trauma centres. Eligible patients were over 18 years of age that have sustained an isolated unilateral ankle fracture requ...
A total of 104 comparable participants were included; 54 in the non-splint group and 50 in the splint group. There was no significance difference in ankle oedema, ankle oedema compared to contralatera...
Li QL, Yao MF, Cao RY, Zhao K, Wang XD. Survival Rates of Splinted and Nonsplinted Prostheses Supported by Short Dental Implants (≤8.5 mm): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Prosthodont. 2022;3...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under grants No. 82071156, No. 81470767, and No. 81271175....
Systematic review with meta-analysis of data (SRMA)....
Evidence supports the use of hand-based metacarpophalangeal joint (MCPJ) blocking splints as an intervention for trigger finger (TF). In practice, finger-based relative motion (RM) splints are also im...
This randomized comparative trial (RCT) aims to evaluate implementation of MCPJ blocking and RM splints for effectiveness, function, occupational performance and wearability after 6 weeks of TF manage...
Priori analysis determined 36 individuals were needed for random assignment to the RM or MCPJ blocking splint groups. Individuals must be aged ≥21 years, and diagnosed with TF involving ≥1 finger. For...
Recruitment and data collection are ongoing....
Biomechanically RM splints control tendon excursion and reduce passive tendon tension while allowing unencumbered finger motion and hand function. Hence clinicians use RM splints as an intervention fo...
We anticipate that this study will provide evidence for the implementation of RM splints to manage adults with TF....
Clinical trial registration This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05763017)....
Customization in orthognathic surgery allows better precision and a reduced surgical time. In Le Fort I osteotomy surgery, the maxillary segmentation is considered one of the most unstable procedures ...
Systematic review....
Does splinting of traumatised primary teeth improve clinical outcomes?...
Clinical studies published after 2003 reporting trauma (luxation, root fracture or alveolar fracture) to primary teeth, with a minimum follow-up of 6 months, were eligible for inclusion. Case reports ...
Two researchers independently assessed the risk of bias in the included studies, with a third researcher resolving any disagreements. The same two independent researchers conducted a quality assessmen...
Three retrospective studies met the inclusion criteria. Only one of these studies had a control group. High success rates were reported for the management of teeth with root fractures. A benefit for s...
This review suggests that the outcome of the management of root fractures in primary teeth may benefit from flexible splinting. However, the evidence base is low....
Many studies have evaluated splint strength at maturity with multiple splint materials, methods, and configurations but none have analyzed splints as they cure. The purpose of this study is to evaluat...
To detail a technique for bonding periodontal splint precisely in a digital workflow....
Periodontal splinting can be considered to stabilize the mobile teeth, especially for mandibular anterior teeth. Reliable bonding of periodontal splints is a prerequisite for successful clinical perfo...
Periodontal compromised teeth can be provisionally fixed during splinting, with the help of the guided device, and precise bonding of the splint is readily accomplished by using such digital workflow....
The use of a guided device, after being digitally designed and fabricated, enables to stabilize the mobile teeth, in case of any displacement during splinting. It is straightforward, and beneficial to...
Without surgical repair, flexor tendon injuries do not heal and patients' ability to bend fingers and grip objects is impaired. However, flexor tendon repair surgery also requires optimal rehabilitati...
FIRST is a parallel group, superiority, analyst-blind, multi-centre, individual participant-randomised controlled trial. Participants will be assigned 1:1:1 to receive either the long, short, or mini ...
FIRST will compare the three splints with respect to clinical efficacy, complications, quality of life and cost-effectiveness. FIRST is a pragmatic trial which will recruit from 26 NHS sites to allow ...
ISRCTN: 10236011....
To present external airway splinting with bioabsorbable airway supportive devices (ASD) for severe, life-threatening cases of pediatric tracheomalacia (TM) or tracheobronchomalacia (TBM)....
A retrospective cohort was performed for 5 pediatric patients with severe TM or TBM who underwent ASD placement. Devices were designed and 3D-printed from a bioabsorbable material, polycaprolactone (P...
Five patients (2 Females, 3 Males, ages 2-9 months at time of ASD) were included. Three patients were unable to wean from respiratory support after vascular ring division; all three weaned to room air...
ASD can significantly benefit patients with severe, unrelenting tracheomalacia or tracheobronchomalacia. Proper multidisciplinary case deliberation and selection are key to success with ASD. Pre-opera...
