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Finger fusion surgery issues
Anyone out there that had middle finger fusion surgery? I had mine done 7 weeks ago surgeon just put on ring finger splint due to finger still bent.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Finger about 80% fused at this point
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@zebra26 I’m happy to try and help you out but you didn’t really pose a question. What issues are you experiencing filling the surgery? Is the end result supposed to be a complete fusion? Was the bent position pre planned by you and the surgeon? Why did you have it fused?
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Reason for the fusion surgery was that the DIP joint was severely deformed from arthritis looking like a mallet finger.After 6 weeks into recovery the surgeon had to remove the pins in finger leaving it 80% fused.Finger is not 100% fused so it is bent down requiring the oval finger splint to be placed.I was asking if other people found this to be normal procedure after fusion surgery. Hope I clarified my original post.
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This should help you gain a better understanding.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31924433/