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Ulnar Gutter Cast
Aka: Ulnar Gutter Cast
- Indications
- Boxer's Fracture
- Non-displaced, non-rotated fourth or fifth Metacarpal Fractures
- Non-displaced, non-rotated fourth or fifth Proximal Phalanx Fractures
- Non-displaced, non-rotated fourth or fifth Middle Phalanx Fractures
- Imaging

- Technique
- Position
- Wrist in slight extension
- MCP joints in 70-90 degrees flexion
- PIP joints in 5-10 degrees flexion
- DIP joints in 5-10 degrees flexion
- Application
- Cast from the proximal Forearm to slightly beyond the fourth and fifth finger DIP joints
- Leave the thumb, index and middle fingers freely mobile