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Fell And Fractured Navicular, Swelling After Cast. Screw, Recast Or Re Splint?
I broke my navicular in my hand 10 years ago. Super Bowl Sunday morning, I fell stepping down into 3 seasons room and broke my navicular again. I have been casted since. The doc rex-rayed Friday and the fracture was more evident. They want to rexray on April 5 and decide whether to put a screw, recast or resplint. When the cast was taken off, around my thumb was still very swollen. Should I just ask to have the screw put in or be patient?
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Wed, 20 Mar 2013
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Sat, 27 Jul 2013
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Mon, 29 Jul 2013
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Hi and thanks for the query,
I strongly suggest you need to be patient. the swelling might take a couple of days to reduce, and its a normal inflammatory reaction to have some degree of swelling after such an incident.
The Next X ray shall be actually determinant on the management procedure to be obtained for your follow up. You might just have to be patient. Thanks and kind regards,
Bain LE, MD.
I strongly suggest you need to be patient. the swelling might take a couple of days to reduce, and its a normal inflammatory reaction to have some degree of swelling after such an incident.
The Next X ray shall be actually determinant on the management procedure to be obtained for your follow up. You might just have to be patient. Thanks and kind regards,
Bain LE, MD.