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Diagnosing A Broken Metacarpal

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Dr. Praveen Tayal MD

My 4th metacarpal was broken 9 weeks ago. The bone has healed but my hand and wrist are still swollen. What is the cause and when should this go away? age 59 height 5'10" female no other health ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Praveen Tayal ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr.  Praveen Tayal MD

how to treat metacarpal oblique fracture of ring finger does pt with oblique metacarpal fracture needs cast ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Praveen Tayal ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr.  Richa Agarwal MD

. Both hands Carpal/metacarpal bones and phalanges appear normal on the left.There is abscencce of 2nd metacarpal bone demonstrated on the right,with poorly developed 3rd metacarpal on the same... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Richa Agarwal ( OBGYN)
Dr. Aashish Raghu MD

hi I have been involved in a car accident resulting in trauma to my hand. The third metacarpal bone is broken and needs replace with a bone graft. I have been told that I have the bug Serratia ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Aashish Raghu ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr. Saurabh Gupta MD

I broke my fifth metacarpal 2 different times over 15 years ago. Now I am having wrist pain on my outer part of my wrist below the fifth metacarpal. It has gradually increased to a pretty immobilizing ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Saurabh Gupta ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)

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Dr. Gunjan Jain MD

My second metacarpal was broken 2 weeks ago by an road accident. My hand ( from 2nd metacarpal portion) and fingers (from joints, phalanges) are still swollen. My fingers are not bend or curve like ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Gunjan Jain ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.   Veera Raghava Rao Buddha. MD

i had a broken metecarple and it was repaired by putting screws in to hold the broken bone. Now, 6 months later i am still having trouble with my hand, when i make a fist it feels real tight... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Veera Raghava Rao Buddha. ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Saurabh Gupta MD

bone. I can move my pinky finger jst fine, but feels a little wierd. It hurts mainly when squeezing something with a lot of pressure. Is there a possibility that my 5th metacarpal is... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Saurabh Gupta ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr. Grzegorz Stanko MD

metacarpal head had been broken, but it didn t mess up the range of motion of that finger . Now, it doesn t ...About 6 months ago, I hit a wall really hard with my hand . Almost immediately 10 minutes... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Grzegorz Stanko ( General Surgeon)
Dr.  Belehalli Pavan MD

metacarpal and mid diaphysis of little finger proximal phalanx. Very mild posterior displacement and apex dorsal angulation in the ring finger metacarpal fracture and slight distraction in the little finger ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Belehalli Pavan ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)