Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Should my doctor have attempted to realign my broken arm bone externally?

I suffered a spiral fracture of my left humerus during an arm wrestling match 4 years ago. Here is a link to the xray that was taken when the cast was removed 10 weeks later http://www.superpiece.com/temp/humerus091907.jpg The doctor in the emergency room saw my bone and said it still had good alignment so any kind of surgery would be overkill. Then 2 separate opinions from a surgeon and orthopedist in different offices also suggested that the alignment was good enough that surgery would be overkill. My question is, with this type of fracture and no surgery, should any of the doctors at least tried to compress the fragments from the outside with their hands? As you can see from the xray the shape of the bone is different now and I notice it everyday. Could they have simply pressed their hands together to put the bone fragments in a position that would have healed in a more natural looking position and give me less range of motion issues? We they being lazy or worried about a lawsuit or worried about the fact I didn't have health insurance? Help me understand how the outcome of my arm bone could have been any better in these terrible circumstance. Thanks

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