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A member asked:

I have a broken pinky finger left hand dr says they have to rebreak in order to fix for me to be able to make a fist is this common practice?

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FInger fracture: If the fracture is older than a week, then partial healing requires "breaking" the finger to re-align or reduce the fracture back to normal. The 5th finger is less critical to hand function, so you'll have to decide how perfect you want to be!

Dr Gabor agreed

Answered 5/1/2015

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