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A member asked:
What is the healing time and treatment for a hairline feacture at the base of the 5th metacarpal?
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5-6 weeks: Five to six weeks for complete healing-occasionally doesn't heal. Best to wear cast /and or hard soled shoe depending on the extent of the fracture
Answered 6/6/2014
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