The radial gutter splint provides both volar and dorsal splint immobilization of these metacarpal injuries.
Radial gutter splint picture.
Apply padding and splint material e g.
5 8 minutes extra fast drying.
Ulnar gutter splint immobilizes the plain of 4th and 5th digits.
Ortho glass as shown to radial aspect of forearm splint runs from radial forearm to beyond dip of index finger with thumb free wrist should be placed in slight extension approximately 20 and mcp should be flexed 70 90 degrees with the dip and pip in slight flexion 1.
Dimensions width to wrap to midline of the hand on dorsal volar surfaces.
Radial gutter splint common uses.
Splinting common static splints tip protector splint used for distal finger injuries for protection and support.
Bisect the splint longitudinally from the fingertips to the wrist.
Dip extension splint used for distal finger injuries for protection and support percutaneous pinning at distal finger dip hyperextension splint mallet fingers ulnar radial gutter splint used for fractures of the hand.
Keep the patient still until the splint has dried and hardened the fiberglass will become warm as it s drying.
An ulnar gutter splint is a flexible splint that is used to support stabilize and immobilize dislocations and fractures of the hands fingers or wrists.
After an injury to the hands fingers or wrists immobilization by splinting or casting is necessary in order to allow the bones and tissues to heal properly.
Length to extend from the nail base to the proximal forearm.
Radial ulnar gutter indications metacarpal and or proximal phalangeal fractures.
Nondisplaced fractures of the head neck and shaft of the second or third metacarpal without angulation or rotation.
Insert a dry gauze or cotton material between the 2nd and 3rd fingers.
Nondisplaced nonrotated shaft.
Radial gutter splint cast second and third proximal middle phalangeal shaft fractures and select metacarpal fractures proper positioning of mcp joints at 70 to 90 degrees of flexion pip and dip.
Radial gutter splint thumb spica splint indications l fractures and soft tissue injuries of 5th digit l fractures of the neck shaft and base of 4th and 5th metacarpals construction l start at mid forearm l extend down ulnar forearm l end at mid distal phalanx l include the 4th and 5th digits.