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A member asked:
What is the risk of a wait and see approach to an injury that may be either a bad swelling bruise or possibly a fracture?
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Usually none: Would be treated the same.
Answered 4/14/2013
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Depends: Depends on where it is and how much it hurts some more minor fractures can be treated with "benign neglect" for a good result and others cannot the risk is that a fracture could displace worse in some situations if you had a really bad fracture you would most probably know it right off the bat.
Answered 4/14/2013
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