| Days 0-14: |
- Keep post-operative dressing in place
- Keep dressing clean and dry
- Keep hand elevated above the level of your heart
- Make a fist 5 times an hour while awake; finger motion (full extension and flexion) is important for all fingers.
- May use hand for very light activities of daily living, such as eating, writing, typing, getting dressed, and brushing teeth
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Day 14
Post-Op Appointment |
Post-Op Appointment
- Post-operative dressing removed
- Stitches are absorbable and steri-strips left in place
- Pins remain in place
- Placed in a cast
- Keep clean and dry; place bag over cast while showering
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Week 6 – 8
Follow up Visit |
- Cast and pins removed in office
- Placed in a removable splint to be worn full time
- Take splint off to shower and to work on gentle range of motion several times a day
- No axial loading (bench press, push ups, etc.)
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Week 12
Follow up Visit |
- Discontinue use of wrist splint during daily activity
- Wear splint only during sport related activity and heavy lifting
- Continue to work on regaining full range of motion
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