It's normal to keep the plate in unless it causes problems afterwards. They told me mine would have to remain in, but in the event it gave quite a lot of trouble because one of the screws worked itself halfway out and was bulging into my flesh.
Incidentally, they also told me mine was the worst break they'd seen. I suspect it's standard operating procedure to say that to men - it makes us feel hard. They also told me I wouldn't be able to cycle again, and wouldn't regain full movement. I think that's to give us a challenge. I was back on the bike within a few weeks, and I was determined to make sure I kept well on top of the physiotherapy so I could retain as much movement as possible. Once the cast was off I also went into the gym to do additional wrist strengthening exercises. Now that the plate is out I have more than 95% of full movement. The only restriction is that I can't bend it forward to quite the extent I can the other one, so I still regularly do the 'reverse prayer' exercise to keep stretching it. I would strongly recommend to your son that he keeps well on top of the physiotherapy. Bob > > The surgeon told us that the plate would have to stay. He said it was > the worst break in that area of the wrist that he had ever seen and he > is not a young man. BTW, it was on a mountain bike at a course that is > "technical" in their vernacular! > > Walt > > On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 4:38 PM, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That's the operation I had last year. Had another operation in May > > this year to remove the plate. Grizzly stuff, isn't it? > > > > Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
