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Old 12-20-2020, 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by starflyte1 View Post
Has anyone with a broken bone been treated in an emergency room or do they send you home with pills an instructions to call a specialist?
I went to the satellite ER on state Route 44 for a broken wrist on a Saturday. Treatment was fine and yes, they did recommend I see a specialist. However, my orthopedic surgeon told me that had he seen me that very day he would have done surgery that night. My mistake was that I waited, because I really didn’t know any better, saw him on Monday and had surgery on Tuesday. I probably will lose some of my flexion because of that wait.