Do you need to manage a patient with short oblique shaft fracture? Is splinting and casting is necessary for this patient? Do you think extension block casting should be performed? This article provides a brief overview of extension block casting. Extension block casting is one of the key techniques to manage the fractures upper limb extremities.
The technique of extension block casting or splinting allows treatment of unstable fractures of proximal phalanges. Fractures of proximal phalanges can be managed with various methods and there is still n consensus about the method to manage these types of fractures. Extension block casting takes advantage of stabilizing forces of flexor and intrinsic muscles on the phalanges with metacarpophalangeal joints (MP) joint held in 90 degrees flexion. It also provides intact dorsal extensor mechanism functions as "tension band" to palmar cortex, and…
