Long Arm Ulnar Gutter Splint

This type of splint is useful for fractures and severe sprains to the bones of the ring and small fingers.

Long arm ulnar gutter splint.

When i look up a picture of that on the web. However in the cpt book 29105 says from the shoulder down to the hand. Double sugar tong splint. Proximal tibia fracture distal femoral fracture.

L compartment syndrome l ischemia. Continues behind elbow and along ulna and stops at the proximal palmar crease. An ulnar gutter splint typically extends along the ulna bone the bone on the pinkie finger s side of the forearm partially covering the arm from just below the elbow to the palm or pinkie. Gauze is one item used when applying a ulnar gutter splint.

Long arm splint volar splint indications l distal radius and ulna fractures. Which is what the doctor did. Fractures and soft tissue injuries of the small finger or ring finger. Ulnar gutter splint mallet finger finger splints emra org 972 550 0920.

Base layer for splint. Distal radius and ulna fracture not complex or unstable fractures. The ulnar gutter splint extends from the upper part of the forearm to the last joint of the fractured finger. Ulnar gutter splints are made from a hard material that forms to the outer part pinky side of the arm wrist hand and fingers.

Short arm long arm elbow forearm long arm posterior double sugar tong. Leg long leg posterior splint. This splint usually extends from the upper part of the forearm to. Sling and swathe splint.

And the cpt code for ulnar gutter splint says it is 29105. Starts on the posterior aspect of the proximal arm down the ulnar aspect of arm and ends at the mcp joints. The different types of short arm splints used are as follows. The ulnar gutter splint except the plaster or fiberglassis wrapped circumferentially figure 3.

Forearm volar splint long arm posterior splint. The doctor says he splinted with a ulnar gutter splint. Long arm casts are used most often in childhood because of the frequency of distal radial ulnar and distal humeral fractures 2 10 14 double sugar tong splint common uses.