READ MORE: 'China doll' baby born with bones so brittle a sneeze could cause a fracture The team have created a mesh sleeve that slips onto a patient’s wrist ... in casts made of fibreglass.

Stuffmann is no exception, but he is part of a new solution, using an Exos brace instead of a cast to help heal broken bones. Manali Shah broke her wrist ... that the Exos is waterproof," said ...

But sometimes, people with a broken wrist need surgery. Your doctor might suggest this if the bone is not likely to heal well in a cast. Sometimes, pins, plates, screws, or other devices are ...

landed under my wrist. Second time was monkey bars." Stuffmann is no exception, but he is part of a new solution, using this Exos brace, instead of a cast to help heal broken bones. "We already ...

A nondisplaced fracture in the waist or distal pole of your scaphoid that’s treated soon after injury can be treated by immobilizing your wrist with a cast for six to 12 weeks. Once an X-ray ...

Nonsurgical treatment for a scaphoid fracture may involve keeping the wrist immobile in a cast or splint. If the fracture is nearer to the thumb, it should heal in a matter of weeks, as long as ...

Doctors can usually recognize most fractures by examining the injury and taking X-rays. Sometimes an X-ray will not show a fracture. This is especially common with some wrist fractures ...

A wrist fracture may ... alignment and I was placed in a cast up to my elbow. He ordered a CT scan “just to be sure.” The doctor then told me that the fracture extended into my wrist joint ...

cast immobilization after distal radius fracture surgery ... The primary outcome measure was the Gartland-Werley (GW) wrist score, with a higher score corresponding to more severe wrist dysfunction.