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I dislocated my thumb 2 months ago. i know i have ligament damage but its still painful. i cant get an mri due to metal implants. what should i do?

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Dr. Edward Hellman answered

Specializes in Orthopedic Surgery

Specialist : Make sure you are seeing a hand specialist. Clinical exam would likely be more useful than MRI to determine nature of injury and whether or not surgery is needed. Also, presence of metal Implants does not always contraindicate getting an MRI. For example, we get MRI scans on people all the time that have metallic total hip Implants without any problem,

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Answered 11/28/2017

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