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Old 05-22-2016, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by RedChariot View Post
Not to burst your bubble sweetie, but buddy taping a broken toe is the standard treatment for a broken toe. Walked into a wall in the middle of the night. Toe next to the great toe was at a 90° angle. As a retired RN I know this is not an emergency. I went to bed and saw the podiatrist in the morning. He buddy taped the toe to the next toe. That is the only treatment done for a FX toe.
So you are saying you NEVER reduced the fracture?? You let the two separate bone fragments remain that way?? Good way to end up with a compound situation. Buddy taping IS the standard course of treatment HOWEVER in the presence of a fracture ( break) it is done after the fracture has been reduced.

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