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09.04.19, 16:10 PM General Topics
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Broken wrist/surgery advice needed! I fell and broke my wrist (distal radius fracture), and the ortho told me that I'm in a grey area in terms of needing surgery. The bones are aligned so it's not a case where I definitely need surgery - I'm in a cast and ortho says the break would heal on its own - but the bones are together at a slight angle and surgery would align it better. (There's definitely a bump/bent area.) Apparently broken wrists are super common, so I'm looking for advice from people with this type of grey-area situation who've chosen surgery and people who haven't. Did your wrist heal as expected? Do you wish you'd chosen the opposite route? Any other thoughts/advice? Thank you so much for your help! [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 09.04.19, 04:10 PM Flag

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Make an appointment with a specialist at the Hospital for Special Surgery and get a second opinion ASAP. The longer you wait, the harder the surgery will be if you need it. HSS is the best and I would take their word. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 09.04.19, 04:40 PM Flag

I second this [ Reply | More

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General Topics 09.04.19, 05:44 PM Flag

Seek a second opinion? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 09.04.19, 04:51 PM Flag

Second opinion and keep in mind that millions of wrists have been broken and healed in a cast and the surgeon earns his living by operating on you. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 09.04.19, 05:09 PM Flag

My kid had this exact fracture. The first doc sent us to another ortho because she thought the X-ray was ‘cloudy"—her words. The second ortho said that he almost never recommended surgical intervention (I asked) unless there was a "gross deformity", which there wasn’t. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 09.04.19, 06:03 PM Flag

I worry about staph infections in hospitals, so no. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 09.04.19, 06:10 PM Flag

This. A bump on my wrist would slightly annoy me once in a while. Losing my arm to MRSA would put it into perspective. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 09.04.19, 07:11 PM Flag

dramatic much? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 09.05.19, 02:27 AM Flag