I’m sure there are scores of orthopedic surgeons specializing in hand surgery who could manage my broken wrist as well as Clark Robinson MD did, but he did all the right things as far as I’m concerned.
That’s a long introduction. All I want to say is that I now have a small cast on my right wrist that leaves my elbow and all of my fingers free to operate the keys on the computer and do other necessary things. Even better news…I’ll get the cast removed on March 28, and after that and a few physical therapy sessions I’ll be almost as good as new.
The difference between now with the small cast and yesterday with the heavy bandaged-wrapped arm is the absence of about an extra pound of plaster holding my wrist down.
Oh, yes, here’s my diagnosis: I experienced a closed Colles fracture followed by malunion of the radial and ulnar bones, requiring the implanting of a metal plate to restore better wrist rotation and function. Something like that. He also cut off the little bone on the outside of the wrist joint. Said it wasn’t connected, just floating around. So he snipped it off.
I wish all broken relationships could be healed as well.
Tags: Colles fracture, fractured wrist, osteotomy
