How do Doctors take a cast off?!


Question: i fractured my wrist on jan29 n i was wondering how do they take it off???


Answers: i fractured my wrist on jan29 n i was wondering how do they take it off???

When I fractured my wrist and got my cast removed they will show you a device that looks simular to a oversized, electronic pizzacutter. Then they will put it on their fingure, proving to you that it doesn't hurt. They will stick a piece of plastic(looks like a shoe spoon thing) through your cast and use the device to cut a straight line. They do it on the other side too, and you are free to go! It takes about 3 minutes to do. They may ask you if you want to keep your cast. I kept mine as a memory. They might give you a brace to wear afterwards, depending on the fracture =D Good luck... it will be painless.

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They have this machine that kind of looks like a pizza cutter and it is electronic, when you first see it, it will make you nervous but you'll be fine...they know what they are doing.

They ask you to gnaw it off. :)

just kidding... round saw, dull blade (it cuts the cast, but not the skin).

They use a machine, it will cut they hard outer shell, and you then unwrap the padding. Don't be afraid of the cutting, if anything it wont be deep enough.

They basically cut it off.

To take off a cast a doctor does use a sawlike machine. However, THE MACHINE CANNOT CUT SKIN! When I broke my foot, the doctor showed me by "sawing my arm", and actually, it kind of tickled!
I Hope I Helped!
Shannyn

They use a machine which looks like a pizza cutter i was scared wen i saw it because i had a cast on my arm , the nurse showed me by put the machine on her hand and that it only cuts through cast not skin. i was not scared after she showed me it.





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