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Originally Posted by gati1263  Well, I work for hand orthopedic surgeons (from Harvard and Johns Hopkins), and the majority of post-op patients are fractures of the wrist. It happens all the time in kids they are always falling out of trees and off of fences and if it is worth anything, they very rarely need physical therapy and rarely if ever need any hardware.
If she/he were a human child we would keep the wrist cast dry and do no surgery. One of the doctors, who has written a number of articles in the Journals of Hand Surgery, used to say with kids if you put two bones together they will heal. The usually heal with excellent ROM and normal play allows them to regain strength.
I am assuming pups are probably the same way. Forgive yourself, it could of happened to anyone. |
Actually they are not the same. Most wrist injuries in pups need surgery. I have a long history of taking in ortho cases and have seen some awful messes with pups that were casted. I have had three vets tell me the same thing...only 5% will heal with casting. These vets were in different facilities so it must be common knowledge to them. One of our fosters, Snickers, lost his leg in the end because it had been too long and the bone graft did not save it. Very sad.
The OP is fortunate that this injury healed. Very happy to hear that it did.
Here is an informative link:
http://www.vetsurgerycentral.com/radius.htm