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Originally Posted by RSD RENEE
Hi everyone,
I hope you're all having a good day.
I just wanted to let anyone who has had multiple distal radius fractures in their wrist and then gotten RSD to check it out in Wikipedia. Just type distal radius fractures Wikipedia to bring it up. Apparently people who have closed reductions on a broken wrist with mulitple fractures in their distal radius have an increasingly higher chance of getting RSD then those who had an open reduction. This happened to me, and if I can get it to not happen to someone else, at least some good can come out of something bad. 
And if it did happen to you, you may be able to seek some recourse.
Well, that's all for now folks. And dare I say "Let's Go Giants!" |
I guess opinions are all over the place. I also had distal radius fractures but did have surgery (open reduction) 5 days after the break. I did not have RSD symptoms before surgery, but the minute the anesthesia wore of about 16 hrs. later it was AGONIZING! Of course, it took about a month to get a correct dianosis.
I did find an article that said placing a plate and screws on the volar (palm side) is more likely to develop RSD than placing it on the dorsal side. Mine is on the volar side.
But yeah, I've tried to figure out wrist anatomy to see where the nerves are in relation to my break.
Have you had an X ray or CT scan to see if you healed properly? I know it won't show the RSD but it may give you some ammunition?
O.K. go Giants as long as they're not playing our Cardinals.
