The 21-year-old intoxicated patient presents to the emergency department after sustaining an injury to the right hand during an altercation in a bar. He reports punching another individual in the face. An x-ray of the hand reveals a broken 4th proximal phalange and metacarpal. The corresponding knuckle has an open laceration. The nurse prepares the patient for which treatment?
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