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Wrist fracture surgery
Wrist fracture surgery is surgery on a fractured bone in the wrist . These bones include the radius, and ulna and the carpal bones which are the scaphoid, trapezium, trapezoid, lunate, triquetrum, hamate, capitate and sometimes pisiform ( a wrist bone but a sesamoid bone).
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: wrist fracture surgery?
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How much does a wrist fracture surgery hurt?
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A 39-year old asked:
Need tips on regaining mobility after wrist fracture/surgery?
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How long does a wrist fracture surgery take to heal?
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A 29-year old asked:
How soon will I be regaining mobility after wrist fracture/surgery?
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A 55-year old female asked:
Communited wrist fracture no surgery, in cast 7wk & remove cast 6wks passed still cant make full fist & turn palm up pain.Why? will the pain permanent
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A 63-year old male asked:
Had wrist fracture. Had surgery. Now have numbness and tingling in fingers. Emg showed nerve damage. Need follow up surgery. Is this correct?
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A 23-year old male asked:
Fractured my scphoid a year ago, and just received surgery two weeks ago.they put a screw in. Can I start trying to bend my wrist if I am careful ?
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A 46-year old female asked:
How long after surgery to fix a fractured wrist plate and screw fixation can you drive a manual car?
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A 29-year old asked:
Do I need surgery on hairline fracture? What effec on wrist if goes untreated?
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A 22-year old male asked:
In which particular case surgery is required in wrist fracture if it is successfully placed after closed reduction and there is only a 1mm gap.
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A 33-year old male asked:
I had duel scaphoid, arm and hand fractures in 2003. I had surgery on the right wrist and hand. What kind of long term pain should I expect?
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A 37-year old female asked:
I had ulna osteotomy surgery 9 weeks ago. At 5 weeks x-rays showed a fracture. It is painful over my wrist, could it still be broke? Is this normal?
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A 30-year old male asked:
Wrist range, elbow range problem after 10 weeks in cast after surgery w/ internal fixation of plates w/ scews for raduis and ulnar fracture?
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A 22-year old male asked:
I'm having wrist fracture, it is successful after closed reduction but some doctors suggest me a surgery, after closed reduction xray is my profile pic.
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A 43-year old female asked:
Dx w/complex fracture of wrist from fall at crossfit today. Multiple fractures. Surgery next wk. My fingers r very cold on that hand. Is that normal?
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A 43-year old female asked:
Dx/complex wrist fracture thur. Multiple fractures. In soft/hard splint. Surgery this wk. Now running low grade fever. Is that normal before surgery?
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A 38-year old female asked:
I have communited wrist fracture & now I have been told I have tendion damage the cortizone (hydrocortisone) shots did not work is surgery only option ?
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A 41-year old male asked about a male:
How long DES it take to heal bone fracture in 81 year old after surgery (big toe fracture and wrist dislocation)?
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A 38-year old asked:
Why wont my hand fracture heal without surgery?
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A 43-year old asked:
Hand surgeon in bangalore for surgery on shifting fracture?
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A 44-year old asked:
Could a transversal fracture of the 4th metacarpal bone in the hand require surgery?
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A 45-year old female asked:
I had surgery to repair my fractured distal radius (right), I had physio. My knuckles on that hand are now enlarged and my rings dont fit - why?
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A 33-year old asked:
Will hand surgery recorrect my fracture that healed wrong years ago?
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A 29-year old male asked:
Do I have to undergo surgery if I have scaphoid fracture non union in my hand? The fracture is already two years due.
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A 16-year old female asked:
I fractured my carpal bone (in hand), it was untreated, now healed, however in an unusual position (it's bumpy). What are the ways a doctor/surgeon could fix it? If surgery is one of the ways, how would it go, what exactly would they do to my hand?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Why do I wake up every day with my hand swollen. I had surgery due to car accident broken bone and damaged nerves in that hand.
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A 23-year old female asked:
I fractured my hand and broke a small piece of bone of in the middle of my hand. The ER dr put me in splint until i saw the ortho, will this need surgery or a cast and the piece of bone can stay there?
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A 34-year old asked:
I have a hairline fracture in the side of my hand. Will I need to get a cast or a surgery?
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A female asked:
I had surgery on my elbow after a fracture on Saturday my hand and fingers are swollen is this normal?
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