Thumb spica splint
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Background
- Notching the plaster (shown) prevents buckling when wrapping around thumb.
- Wine glass position.
Indications
- Scaphoid fracture - seen or suspected (check snuffbox tenderness)
- De Quervain tenosynovitis.
