Time to remove splint fixation for Colles fractures

Cray fracture after splint fixation, need to wait until the fracture healing can be removed splint fixation. Each person healing speed is different, and age and injury degree, surrounding tissue damage related, 6-8 weeks time fracture broken end will produce callus and relatively stable, for young patients due to metabolism is more vigorous, it is recommended to remove splint fixation about 6 weeks. For the elderly osteoporosis is more obvious, fracture healing speed is relatively slow, it is recommended to remove the splint fixation about 8 weeks. Everyone's situation is not necessarily, before removing the splint need to take X-ray to see the fracture healing situation, according to the state of callus formation to decide whether to remove the splint, fracture instability before callus formation, premature removal is easy to cause fracture displacement, fixation will show failure.