wrist injury - Burns & Injuries Message Board

flintrock · 04-15-2005, 08:13 AM

Broke bone in wrist...surgery the 28th.......may need bone graft from hip......does bone graft take long to heal? I've heard it's painful afterwards.

charlodius · 04-19-2005, 01:35 PM

Don't know which bone you broke, but the most likely would be your scaphoid, which has an avascular pole (one side of the bone gets poor blood supply, causing it to die following fracture and require grafting). A bone graft gets put in place of the lost bone. I do not know the exact time for healing, but fractures of the upper extremity with GOOD blood supply generally require 6-8 weeks for union of the bones. I would guess at least this long or longer for a poorly vascularized scaphoid.

flintrock · 05-09-2005, 06:57 AM

His surgery went great. Bone graft was a piece of cake too. He never complained of pain post op and is doing great. He gets stitches out of wrist and staples out of hip Wednesday. he really did well. he said he can already tell the difference. I was amazed. Blood circulation was not an issue with his injury....Doc was pleased with surgery....he's doing wonderful...