I have been diagnosed with Mallet finger w/a fracture. Any personal experience o!

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Most often, a mallet finger can be treated with a simple splint. A Stack splint is the easiest type of splint to use for this injury. The difficult part is if the splint is removed and the finger tip is allowed to bend, the treatment must be restarted from the beginning. Since a Stack splint is usually worn for 6 to 8 weeks, this can be a significant challenge! So you can expect to not return to sports for at least 6 weeks, and possibly longer. Surgery is only considered if the outcome of surgery is expected to be better than the outcome of treatment without surgery. Since your injury was treated early, it may respond well to the splinting. Recovery from any surgery would probably be another four to six weeks.

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