Insert a dry gauze or cotton material between the 2nd and 3rd fingers.
Radial gutter splint ortho glass.
Splinting and casting kevin e.
Measure length of plaster ortho glass to an inch short of webril 10 layers thick of plaster wet plaster or ortho glass lay plaster on webril.
And finally circumferential application of plaster or fiber glass.
The radial gutter splint provides both volar and dorsal splint immobilization of these metacarpal injuries.
In general 2 inch padding is used for the hands.
Initial immobilization of displaced distal radius fractures.
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.
Bisect the splint longitudinally from the fingertips to the wrist.
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.
Use of a short arm radial gutter splint is recommended for initial immobilization of a displaced distal radial fracture.
Nondisplaced fractures of the head neck and shaft of the second or third metacarpal without angulation or rotation.
Apply padding and splint material e g.
The radial gutter splint is used for.
Plaster splint ocl plaster splint ortho glass fiberglass splint double sugar tong splint long double sugar tong splint ulna gutter splint medial lateral splint dorsal volar splint coaptation splint types of prefabricated splints.
Cut out a 3 or 4 inch splint material to the length necessary to immobilize the wrist and mcp joint.
Radial gutter finger splilnt lower extremity posterior slab long or short.
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Nondisplaced shaft fractures and serious injuries of the second or third proximal or middle phalanx.
Need not to be coded.
