Broken Wrist
 

Who to see? Any Comments on a Dr. Hunt?

My wife had a very bad wrist fracture. Went to Dr Cook with Tri-County Orthopaedics. He did a fabulous job, correcting 10 fractures surgically. He went to Northwestern for med school and trained at Duke, including a fellowship in the upper extremities. I'd go to him in a heart beat.

I used to attend the Northwestern Orthopaedic Grand Rounds where they would discuss the cases. Unbelievable talent. Hand surgery was one of their specialties.

I bet that was interesting! Just a terrific med school with wonderful training programs. I'm from Bean Town which also has wonderful medical care.

Dr. Hunt does knees, primarily. If you can find a wrist/hand specialist, go. It's a totally different joint, and you want someone who really knows her/his stuff. Dr. Hunt did my knee and I had good results, but I'd never go to him for a different body part.

I went to Dr. Richard C Smith in Ocoee. The Orthos down here really don't even compare. I took my mom to Dr. Hunt and he was ok but his PA, Karen, has to be the rudest most unsympathetic person I have ever run across. I , also, have a friend who just saw Karen and she has the same issues with her.

Mass General has a phenomenal orthopedic department. Patients travel from everywhere for their specialty procedures. And the complicated wrist fraction mentioned earlier is a really tough fix. That doctor is an asset to TV.

What do you mean by "broken wrist"? Did a doctor diagnose it and say, "you have a broken wrist"? If you're not in constant pain, it may be something that will heal itself in time. Did you ask about that?

A doctor.would say you have fractured wrist. Broken is a lay term.

Years ago, my mother fell down and the doctor said she had a fractured wrist. But there was no pain to speak of and she didn't take any treatment for it. So it seems there are many degrees of injury and some heal themselves.

That's true. Even a slight crack is considered a fracture.

Why aren't you at the emergency room????
 

There are some strange posts here....

Broken and fractured are used interchangeably by many doctors. It depends on whether they are speaking doctorese or patientese. Like stitches or sutures, forceps or tweezers, idiopathic or of unknown cause at this point.

Minor buckle fractures of the bones of the forearm, if the bones are straight heal beautifully with a splint in kids, even better than with a cast!
A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Removable Splinting Versus Casting for Wrist Buckle Fractures in Children

Sadly there is a lack of quality data on the same question for adults.

Conservative interventions for treating distal radial fractures in adults - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - Handoll - Wiley Online Library

If the injury is not the bones of the forearm but rather the small bones in the hand risk of poor healing even with good care is increased.

Edit: Unless you are in significant pain, an uncomplicated fracture should be able to be initially handled by your PCP or an Urgent Care with a referral to ortho if needed.

Dr. John Cowin OR Dr. Cynthia Harding...