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(also known as Capsulodesis)
Surgery performed by Scott Wolfe at Hospital for Special Surgery in NYC. The pins holding everything together come out in 9 weeks. Prognosis for dynamic instability such as mine is pretty good, but ROM will be permanently limited (about half of normal in wrist flexion) more at Wikipedia

Treatment Success Rate

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Condition Members Success
Accidents
42
90%
Skin Cancer
1
100%
Overall, 91% (43 Members) find Surgery, Hand helpful

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repair of fib,tib,ankle, knee.
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Carpel tunnel release and shoulder surgery.
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I had a 3 hour operation on my knee to nail the catrlidge back to the bone, i'll now have yet another scar
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Had wonderful doctor who repaired his wrist/hand when others wanted to cut it off. Can do almost everything as before, has decreased strength, though
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I'm still waiting to see if the surgeries are going to work...praying I will get some use back
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i had a total of 4 surgeries in order to save my right leg.
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was limp wristed ,but now its not cant say anything else really
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femur bone split down the middle! Big scars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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weeks and months of reconstruction surgery on my hand
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I had surgery on my ankle where I had to have 2 metal plates on either side of my ankle.
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not anymore, sceard of more
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fusion in neck on 12-07-06
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not on my hand though.
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I HAVE HAD AROUND 25 OPERATIONS IN THE PASSED 3 YEARS.
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they opened my left hand now i can't close it.surgery on my right foot and leg,also right hand and upper arm.
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