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©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email Burkhalter-type splint for metacarpal fractures Plaster splint applied with 30 degrees extension at wrist, 90 degree flexion of metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints. On the volar aspect the splint material extends to the MCP joint; dorsally the material extends to PIP to block extension. Courtesy of Kevin Burroughs, MD.