/Subtype /Type1 /BaseFont /Helvetica-Oblique Mallet finger - NHS - NHS /Name /F1 He is a member of the American Board of Family Medicine. Your doctor may also schedule additional visits over the course of the 8 weeks to monitor your progress. How to Apply and Remove a Mallet Finger Splint /Encoding 16 0 R Coming to a Cleveland Clinic location?Hillcrest Cancer Center check-in changesCole Eye entrance closingVisitation and COVID-19 information, Notice of Intelligent Business Solutions data eventLearn more. >> /Subtype /Type1 In: Miller MD, Thompson SR, eds. After completion of the initial splinting program a skilled hand or occupational therapist is needed to restore motion and return the finger to a healthy state. A swan neck deformity does look like a mallet finger. stream Mallet fingers are complicated. A temporary splint is applied with two pieces of tape. >> A . 4. Excellent article and its translation. There are several types of splints used to treat mallet finger, many of them fabricated by hand therapists. The finger may be painful, swollen and bruised, especially if there is an associated fracture, but often the only finding is the inability to straighten the tip. Early treatment with hand therapy is very simple! After your x-ray confirms the type of mallet finger you have then position of your finger in the splint can be determine. As a result, you are not able to straighten the tip of your finger or thumb on your own. Skin problems are common with prolonged splinting. But you may develop arthritis if the tendon pulls off a piece of bone from the joint surface and it remains displaced. Example of mallet finger with drooping of tip. During this time, the splint may be carefully removed to allow for cleansing of both the splint and the finger, but you should avoid strenuous activities and sports to prevent recurrent injury. << Your finger will also be painful and swollen. This piggy backs off of #1. This type of mallet finger injury doesnt show up on an x-ray. A mallet finger is a deformity of the finger typically caused by injury. In a mallet injury, when an object hits the tip of the finger or thumb, the force of the blow tears the extensor tendon. %PDF-1.3 It also will not allow for accurate bone healing. However, it may be painless and only bothersome during certain activities. Most complications result from lack of adequate treatment that doesnt appropriately immobilize your finger. F: (07) 3124 6245 0000047509 00000 n
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