A splint should immobilize the joints ... a hand specialist for possible surgical repair. Boxer's fractures of the fourth and fifth metacarpal bones only need surgery if there’s a large degree ...

This fracture is a break in the fifth metacarpal ... For a fractured metacarpal, you may need a cast or splint. Casts are fiberglass or plaster. They wrap all the way around your hand and can ...

All-Star forward Kevin Love sustained a non-displaced fracture in his left hand fifth metacarpal in the first quarter of Tuesday’s game against the Detroit Pistons. The team announced the injury ...

Intraoperative fluoroscopic images showing fixation of the index and middle finger metacarpal fractures with intramedullary ... in a volar short arm plaster splint with the MCP and PIP joints ...

That bone is known as a metacarpal. A boxer’s fracture may also be called fifth metacarpal fracture. It usually happens to the small (pinky) finger or the ring finger and is most common in men.

The term was originally used to describe only breaks in the fifth metacarpal ... Keeping the splint on at all the times that are recommended by a doctor gives the fracture the best chance of ...