Broad Ulnar Gutter Splint

Use as a static base for outriggers etc.

Broad ulnar gutter splint.

This splint however unnecessarily immobilizes the 4th and 5th fingers. Therefore unlike many other hand injuries the deformities resulting from isolated peripheral nerve paralysis are usually effectively splinted using standard splinting designs. 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. Protects wrist on volar and dorsal surfaces.

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 following video demonstrates how to set an ulnar gutter splint. Splinting the hand with a peripheral nerve injury is both easy and difficult. Ulnar gutter wrist splint controls ulnar deviation.

Fracture of the fourth or fifth metacarpal and injuries to the fourth and f. Definitive or alternative treatment of injuries commonly treated with ulnar gutter splint 8. Trick of the trade. 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.

The ease of splinting results from the readily recognizable and often identical deformities. Date first available.