Conservative treatment of finger fractures

Most fractures of the hand and fingers can be treated conservatively. When evaluating the fracture, special attention should be paid on sufficient quality of the radiographs and that the fracture will not cause a rotational malposition or functionally significant shortening of the finger. A finger fracture can be immobilized as soon as the fracture is stable in motion. This is often possible immediately. A broken finger should not be immobilized for more than a month. Open fractures and properly immobilized fractures still remaining in malposition shall be operated.