How do they fix fractured fingers?

Nonsurgical Treatment Your doctor will put your broken bone back into place, usually without surgery. You will get a splint or cast to hold your finger straight and protect it from further injury while it heals. Sometimes your doctor may splint the fingers next to the fractured one to provide additional support.

Does broken finger need surgery?

Surgical Treatment Surgery is recommended for severe cases of finger fracture. That is, a broken finger that can’t be put back in place with splint or cast alone. Surgery for a finger fracture usually involves the use of small devices such as pins, wires, or screws for holding the fractured bones together.

Do Broken Fingers fully heal?

A broken finger or thumb usually heals within 2 to 8 weeks, but it can take longer. It may be 3 to 4 months before full strength returns to your hand. Once it’s healed, use your finger or thumb as normal. Moving it will stop it getting stiff.

How long should a finger splint stay on?

The splint must be worn both day and night for 6 to 8 weeks. This allows the two ends of the torn tendon or bone to stay together and heal. The splint will be taped on, allowing you to bend the middle joint of your finger.

Does a broken finger bruise?

As the swelling continues, the finger will become stiff and difficult to move. Swelling may also spread to the adjacent fingers. If the fracture is severe, you may see bruising. And if the swelling gets too massive, the finger may become numb as nerves in the fingers are compressed.

What will an orthopedic doctor do for a broken finger?

Your doctor will put your broken bone back into place, usually without surgery. You will get a splint or cast to hold your finger straight and protect it from further injury while it heals. Sometimes your doctor may splint the fingers next to the fractured one to provide additional support.

Can you drive with a finger splint?

You should not drive with your splint on or remove your splint to do so. Driving either with or without your splint puts you at significant risk of rupturing your tendon(s). To drive with your splint on also puts yourself, any passengers and other motorists at risk as you will not have adequate control of the vehicle.

Do finger splints work?

“Once a joint becomes fused splints are no longer useful.” Metal ring splints may also help improve function. In the only study of its kind published in 2004 in Arthritis Care and Research, 17 people who had finger deformities caused by RA volunteered to wear metal splints on their affected finger joints.

How long will a broken finger swell?

Your Care Instructions. Breaks in the bones of the finger usually heal well in about 3 to 4 weeks. The pain and swelling from a broken finger can last for weeks. But it should steadily improve, starting a few days after you break it.

How long does finger surgery take?

The operation takes around 20 minutes, and you will not need to stay in hospital overnight. The procedure is usually carried out under local anaesthetic, so you’ll be awake but unable to feel any pain in your hand. The 2 types of surgery for trigger finger are: open trigger finger release surgery.