A clinic profile of partial hand prostheses for partially mutilated hands is detailed. Seventy-five patients are on record as having been prescribed partial hand prostheses in the regional disability prosthetic clinic. To date, they constitute about 6.25% of all upper limb prosthesis users in the region.
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