. Minor and operative surgery, including bandaging . Dressing for fracture of the metacarpal bones. finger to the wrist should be applied upon the palmar sur-face of the finger and hand, and a short dorsal splint shouldalso be used ; if there is a tendency to lateral displacement,short lateral splints should also be employed, and thesplints should be held in place by strips of plaster or by Fig. 2S6. ffPf^. Gutta-percha splint for fracture of phalanx. (Hamilton.) a roller-bandage (Fig. 287). Splints made from a pieceof wire may be fitted to the finger and secured in thesame manner. Union in fr
. Minor and operative surgery, including bandaging . Dressing for fracture of the metacarpal bones. finger to the wrist should be applied upon the palmar sur-face of the finger and hand, and a short dorsal splint shouldalso be used ; if there is a tendency to lateral displacement,short lateral splints should also be employed, and thesplints should be held in place by strips of plaster or by Fig. 2S6. ffPf^. Gutta-percha splint for fracture of phalanx. (Hamilton.) a roller-bandage (Fig. 287). Splints made from a pieceof wire may be fitted to the finger and secured in thesame manner. Union in fractures of the phalanges is usually firm atthe end of three weeks, and the splints can be dispensedwith at that time. 390 FRACTURES. Fig. 287.
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