I have plates and screws in my hand (metacarpals). i recently noticed a bump where my hardware. is it a problem? there were some complications with the accident such as blood clots if that helps at all. i have tried the r.i.c.e method to and also an anti

The : The timing makes all the difference. As a fracture is healing, it lays down abundant new bone, called callus. Over time, the bone will remodel and the bump will go down. The callus usually forms within a couple of months, but can take over a year to remodel. If the bump came on suddenly and was associated with severe pain, then you may have a hardware failure. If the bone doesn't heal, the metal will fatigue, sort of like bending a paperclip until it breaks. Once the bone heals, it absorbs the forces around the metal and repairs itself. I would talk to your surgeon and have the area evaluated and x-rayed.

It : It can be if the hardware has loosened at other times the hardware is just prominent when the swellin gform the surgery goes down especially if you do not have a lot of fatty tissue in that area. Other issues can be a prominent bone during healing, a prominent bone due to arthritis or just residual soft tissue swelling that hardens up a little bit ( often in the palm tissue can get reactive after surgery) best answer, contact the surgeon who put the hardware and ask them.