Double sugar tong splint - Revision history

Rossdonaldson1 at 21:27, 10 May 2023

2023-05-10T21:27:44Z

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	*Splint course:<ref name="Splints and Casts: Indications and Methods"> Splints and Casts: Indications and Methods. http://www.aafp.org/afp/2009/0901/p491.html Accessed April 5, 2017</ref>		*Splint course:<ref name="Splints and Casts: Indications and Methods"> Splints and Casts: Indications and Methods. http://www.aafp.org/afp/2009/0901/p491.html Accessed April 5, 2017</ref>
	**First sugar tong from proximal palmar crease, around elbow, to dorsum of MCP joints		**First sugar tong from proximal palmar crease, around elbow, to dorsum of MCP joints
	**Second sugar tong from the deltoid insertion distally around the 90-degree flexed elbow, then proximally to 3 inches short of the axilla <ref name="Splints and Casts: Indications and Methods"> Splints and Casts: Indications and Methods		**Second sugar tong from the deltoid insertion distally around the 90-degree flexed elbow, then proximally to 3 inches short of the axilla <ref name="Splints and Casts: Indications and Methods"> Splints and Casts: Indications and Methods. http://www.aafp.org/afp/2009/0901/p491.html Accessed April 5, 2017</ref>
	http://www.aafp.org/afp/2009/0901/p491.html Accessed April 5, 2017</ref>
	*Key anatomic positions		*Key anatomic positions
	**Elbow at 90º		**Elbow at 90º

Rossdonaldson1: /* Procedure */

2023-05-10T19:56:08Z

Procedure

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	http://www.aafp.org/afp/2009/0901/p491.html Accessed April 5, 2017</ref>		http://www.aafp.org/afp/2009/0901/p491.html Accessed April 5, 2017</ref>
	*Key anatomic positions		*Key anatomic positions
	**Wrist should be maintained in slight extension (approximately 20°)		**Elbow at 90º
			**Forearm neutral with thumb pointed superiorly
			**Wrist should be maintained in slight extension (approximately 10-20°)

	==See Also==		==See Also==

Rossdonaldson1: /* Background */

2023-05-10T19:54:09Z

Background

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	==Background==		==Background==
	*Better for most [[Forearm fractures\|distal forearm]] and [[Elbow diagnoses\|elbow ~~fracture~~]] because limits flex/extension and pronation/supination		*Better for most [[Forearm fractures\|distal forearm]] and [[Elbow diagnoses\|elbow fractures]] because limits flex/extension and pronation/supination

	==Indications==		==Indications==

Rossdonaldson1: /* Procedure */

2023-05-10T19:53:39Z

Procedure

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	*Apply padding and splint material as shown in figure		*Apply padding and splint material as shown in figure
	*Splint course:<ref name="Splints and Casts: Indications and Methods"> Splints and Casts: Indications and Methods. http://www.aafp.org/afp/2009/0901/p491.html Accessed April 5, 2017</ref>		*Splint course:<ref name="Splints and Casts: Indications and Methods"> Splints and Casts: Indications and Methods. http://www.aafp.org/afp/2009/0901/p491.html Accessed April 5, 2017</ref>


	*Key anatomic positions







	*Assess distal pulse, motor, and sensation
	*Apply padding and splint material (e.g. Ortho-glass) as shown
	**First sugar tong from proximal palmar crease, around elbow, to dorsum of MCP joints		**First sugar tong from proximal palmar crease, around elbow, to dorsum of MCP joints
	**Second sugar tong from the deltoid insertion distally around the 90-degree flexed elbow, then proximally to 3 inches short of the axilla <ref name="Splints and Casts: Indications and Methods"> Splints and Casts: Indications and Methods		**Second sugar tong from the deltoid insertion distally around the 90-degree flexed elbow, then proximally to 3 inches short of the axilla <ref name="Splints and Casts: Indications and Methods"> Splints and Casts: Indications and Methods
	http://www.aafp.org/afp/2009/0901/p491.html Accessed April 5, 2017</ref>		http://www.aafp.org/afp/2009/0901/p491.html Accessed April 5, 2017</ref>
	*Wrist should be maintained in slight extension (approximately 20°)		*Key anatomic positions
	*Maintain position until splint hardens and secure to arm (e.g. with ace wraps)		**Wrist should be maintained in slight extension (approximately 20°)
	*Reassess distal pulse, motor, and sensation

	==See Also==		==See Also==

Rossdonaldson1: /* Indications */

2023-05-10T17:27:23Z

Indications

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	==Indications==		==Indications==
	*~~Elbow~~ and forearm ~~fracture - prox/mid/distal radius~~ and ~~ulnar fracture.~~		*Complex and unstable [[Forearm fracture\|forearm]] and [[elbow fractures]]

	==Procedure==		==Procedure==

Rossdonaldson1: /* Procedure */

2023-05-10T17:25:06Z

Procedure

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 ==Procedure==
 [[File:Double Sugar Tong.gif|thumb]]
 *Assess distal pulse, motor, and sensation

Josgood: /* Background */

2017-10-30T18:48:22Z

Background

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	==Background==		==Background==
	*Better for most distal forearm and elbow fracture because limits flex/extension and pronation/supination		*Better for most [[Forearm fractures\|distal forearm]] and [[Elbow diagnoses\|elbow fracture]] because limits flex/extension and pronation/supination

	==Indications==		==Indications==

Josgood: /* Background */

2017-10-30T18:40:47Z

Background

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	==Background==		==Background==
	*Better for most distal forearm and elbow fracture because limits flex/extension and pronation / supination		*Better for most distal forearm and elbow fracture because limits flex/extension and pronation/supination

	==Indications==		==Indications==

Ted Fan: splint detail

2017-04-05T18:36:04Z

splint detail

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	*Assess distal pulse, motor, and sensation		*Assess distal pulse, motor, and sensation
	*Apply padding and splint material (e.g. Ortho-glass) as shown		*Apply padding and splint material (e.g. Ortho-glass) as shown
	**Wrist should be maintained in slight extension (approximately 20°)		**First sugar tong from proximal palmar crease, around elbow, to dorsum of MCP joints
			**Second sugar tong from the deltoid insertion distally around the 90-degree flexed elbow, then proximally to 3 inches short of the axilla <ref name="Splints and Casts: Indications and Methods"> Splints and Casts: Indications and Methods
			http://www.aafp.org/afp/2009/0901/p491.html Accessed April 5, 2017</ref>
			*Wrist should be maintained in slight extension (approximately 20°)
	*Maintain position until splint hardens and secure to arm (e.g. with ace wraps)		*Maintain position until splint hardens and secure to arm (e.g. with ace wraps)
	*Reassess distal pulse, motor, and sensation		*Reassess distal pulse, motor, and sensation

Mholtz at 05:16, 31 December 2016

2016-12-31T05:16:51Z

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	==Indications==		==Indications==
	#Elbow and forearm fracture - prox/mid/distal radius and ulnar fracture.		*Elbow and forearm fracture - prox/mid/distal radius and ulnar fracture.

	[[File:Double Sugar Tong.gif]]		==Procedure==
			[[File:Double Sugar Tong.gif\|thumb]]

			*Assess distal pulse, motor, and sensation
			*Apply padding and splint material (e.g. Ortho-glass) as shown
			**Wrist should be maintained in slight extension (approximately 20°)
			*Maintain position until splint hardens and secure to arm (e.g. with ace wraps)
			*Reassess distal pulse, motor, and sensation

	==See Also==		==See Also==
	*[[Splinting]]		*[[Splinting]]

			==References==
			<references/>

	[[Category:Orthopedics]]		[[Category:Orthopedics]]
	[[Category:Procedures]]		[[Category:Procedures]]