Hand

Hand and Wrist Fractures

Signs and Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment

Treatment

Your doctor will put your broken bone back into place, usually without surgery. You'll get a splint or cast to hold your finger or wrist straight and protect it from further injury while it heals. Some bones - such as the scaphoid in the wrist - do not readily heal without surgery. Others - such as the distal radius in the outermost part of forearm - commonly require bone alignment with arthroscopic imaging using a flexible viewing tube inserted in the joint or radiographic imaging, and stabilizing with special bone screws, plates, pins or other devices.

Reviewed by health care specialists at UCSF Medical Center.
Last updated May 8, 2007