Broken Radius??? Surgery or Cast?!
Question: Broken Radius.?.?.? Surgery or Cast.?
My boyfriend this past Saturday broke his Radius in his arm. We went to the emergency room and they did xrays and put a temp hard splint on till later today when he can get into his Orthopedic doctor. The bone is completly broke, and the ends are kinda sitting next to each other instead of being lined up, and there was a big bump on his arm, it didnt come through the skin. Anyways Im just wondering if they will do surgery for that, or just try to realign and put a cast on.? What is the procedure with both.? And how long will he wear the cast for, since we have a skiing trip planned for the end of January... Oh no!!! :) Thanks!Health Question & Answer
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Only the orthopedic surgeon can tell you for certain if surgery is the best course of action. However, in my experience, a break that bad will usually be surgically fixed except in certain cases: say, if the patient is very old or very sick and surgery would be too much of a risk.
The doctor will be able to explain the risks and benefits of surgery vs nonsurgical treatment. Hopefully, either way it will be healed enough by January so he can go skiing, but he should definitely ask his doctor about it.
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The doctor will be able to explain the risks and benefits of surgery vs nonsurgical treatment. Hopefully, either way it will be healed enough by January so he can go skiing, but he should definitely ask his doctor about it.
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if operated will be recovered in 4 weeks, if its is on cast will take 3 months for recovery but he needs to work out more on rehabilitation to get normal movements which will be immobilised for 6 weeks at lest,
The best thing is get it done operated for better recovery.
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The best thing is get it done operated for better recovery.
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