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 only be removed in the doctor’s office. Splints are not ...

A horse that “pops a splint” is experiencing bony changes to the second or fourth metacarpal bones that lie beside the cannon ...

Your doctor will decide what type of splint will treat your fracture the best. When a boxer's fracture happens, it is possible for a portion of the metacarpal bone to move out of alignment.

The 1st metacarpal was adducted (Fig ... there was a severe adduction contracture of the right thumb, the result of poor splinting. He was unable to abduct and oppose the thumb, and flexion ...

Currently, scientists accept that splints, small bones found along the outer sides of the metacarpal in modern horses, are partially formed remnants of second and fourth digits. Tapering mid-way ...

Five metacarpals are present in the palm ... If this is not possible, they may use a splint or a brace. A doctor may recommend that the person comes back to their office 1–2 weeks later to ...

Angulation occurs when a part of the metacarpal bone moves out of its normal alignment. The amount of angulation can change the treatment method. Minor angulation may simply require a splint ...