Broad Ulnar Gutter Splint

Therefore unlike many other hand injuries the deformities resulting from isolated peripheral nerve paralysis are usually effectively splinted using standard splinting designs.

Broad ulnar gutter splint.

Definitive or alternative treatment of injuries commonly treated with ulnar gutter splint 8. Trick of the trade. These splints must be heated prior to molding. An ulnar gutter splint is a flexible splint that is used to support stabilize and immobilize injuries dislocations and fractures of the hands fingers or wrists to allow the bones and tissues to heal properly.

This splint is the equivalent of the ulnar gutter splint except that is placed along the radial aspect of the wrist and sandwiches the 2nd and 3rd fingers. The ease of splinting results from the readily recognizable and often identical deformities. An ulnar gutter splint can be used for various injuries and fractures in the hand and pinky and ring fingers as well as positioning and healing of rheumatoid arthritis or. Ulnar gutter wrist splint controls ulnar deviation.

Ideally the cast is applied 24 to 48 hours or more after. Splinting the hand with a peripheral nerve injury is both easy and difficult. Date first available. This splint however unnecessarily immobilizes the 4th and 5th fingers.

Fracture of the fourth or fifth metacarpal and injuries to the fourth and f. Use as a static base for outriggers etc.