Tip of the trade: a method of splinting for surgeons.
Mallet fingers are difficult to treat, especially in surgeons, who need to sterilize their hands continuously and who have constant strains placed on their fingers. We successfully treated a nondominant, fifth-digit, nonbony mallet finger in a surgical resident with a splint method composed of a bent, semitubular, small-fragment plate and Steri-strips (3-M, St. Paul, MN). This splinting method allowed the resident to continue performing surgeries while the injury healed.
Cascio
Brett M
BM
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University, Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, 4940 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
Chang
Tai-Li
TL
Pateder
Dhruv B
DB
Ain
Michael C
MC
D000328:Adult; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009985:Orthopedics; D013165:Splints