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Patient Testimonials
Just a few weeks prior, she had been in an auto accident and, as a result, was fitted with a halo that left her slightly unsteady on her feet. In falling, she badly injured her left arm and had to be driven to the hospital immediately. In the emergency room, physicians took an x-ray of Frances’ injury, wrapped her wrist in bandages to hold the wrist in place, and recommended surgery the following morning to stabilize the break. The x-ray showed the ends of Frances’ wrist bone were shattered. She was so fearful that surgery would not be enough to fix her wrist and even assumed the worst – that her wrist was beyond repair. Dr. Tan operated and inserted the MICRONAIL® device in Frances’ left wrist the following morning. After the surgery, she was pleasantly surprised to find that she could already move her fingers. Her wrist took about 3 ½ weeks to heal and for this, Frances was completely stunned. She had previously broken her left wrist. Whereas, that injury had been less severe, she had been in a cast for six weeks and once the cast was removed, her wrist had swollen to three times the normal size. Whereas Frances is still recovering from her auto accident, she is able to perform everyday chores around the house such as loading and unloading the dishwasher and picking up objects with great ease. She doesn’t have full strength in her hand, but she exercises every day to increase her mobility. “When I saw the x-ray, I thought he (Dr. Tan) would never be able to put my hand back together. But, it was fixed and it’s almost perfect. This is a terrific device.” These results are specific to this individual only. Individual results and activity levels after surgery vary and depend on many factors including age, weight and prior activity level. 
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Frances,
MICRONAIL® Intramedullary Distal Radius System Recipient
Dr.
Virak Tan, Assistant Professor of Orthopedics at New Jersey Medical School,
recommended a new approach to treating wrist fractures, the MICRONAIL®
Intramedullary Distal Radius System, a surgical wrist repair device that resides
completely inside the bone, helping to eliminate the painful friction caused
by a traditional fixation implant rubbing against tendons and bone. As an
added benefit, this minimally-invasive product helps to reduce scarring as
the incision it requires is much smaller than traditional plating devices.
“The
first time I broke my wrist it was excruciatingly painful for at least a month
after that. Thank goodness, this time, for Dr. Tan and his magic nail!”
Frances says her wrist healed remarkably well. She experienced almost no pain
with the MICRONAIL® device, in sharp contrast to her first fracture
experience – “it doesn’t hurt at all.” 