The invention relates to and describes a splint for supporting a body section of a patient, said splint comprising a first body element (3) and a second body element (5) which elements (3, 5) are formed from a planar, flexible material and both have a substantially U-shaped cross-section in a plane perpendicular to a body element (3, 5) longitudinal axis (9, 11), these longitudinal axes (9, 11) extending through the body elements (3, 5) in the centre of the U-shaped cross-section, and said body elements (3, 5) being interconnected such that the longitudinal axis (9) of the first body element (3) and the longitudinal axis (11) of the second body element (5) together form a splint angle (13). The body elements (3, 5) have a contact surface (37) pointing towards the inside of this U-shaped cross-section and an outer surface (39) lying opposite said contact surface (37), and one of these body elements (3, 5) has a planar additional element (55) extending parallel thereto.
