The main treatment methods for boxer’s fracture are general treatment, drug treatment, surgical treatment and so on.
1. General treatment: immediately after the fracture injury should be braked and rested, the affected limb is elevated, closed fracture within 72 hours can be ice packs to reduce edema, if necessary, with splints, braces, plaster and other fixed, to avoid secondary fracture injury. If there is a wound, the wound should be cleaned and sterilized in time and bandaged.
2. Medication: Oral non-steroidal drugs such as acetaminophen and ibuprofen can be taken as prescribed by the doctor to relieve the pain symptoms.
3. Surgical treatment: If the fracture displacement is serious, accompanied by obvious blood vessels, nerves and peripheral tissue damage, patients need timely surgical treatment for fracture reduction and fixation.
Boxers diagnosed with a fracture, should be timely hospital consultation, under the guidance of the doctor to actively cooperate with the treatment, so as not to delay the condition.