title: Tip of the trade: a method of splinting for surgeons.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University, Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, 4940 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
authors.forename: Brett M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Cascio
authors.forename: Tai-Li
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Dhruv B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Pateder
authors.forename: Michael C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Ain
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009985:Orthopedics; D013165:Splints