The vet across the street from me was sent home with a broken collarbone and broken ribs. They knew about them, but they said they couldn't treat them?
When home, the rib pierced his lung and it collapsed. He's been in and out of hospital ever since, and his shoulder is completely frozen.
Something is rotten.
When home, the rib pierced his lung and it collapsed. He's been in and out of hospital ever since, and his shoulder is completely frozen.
Something is rotten.
I'm not an orthopod, but I'm not sure about that. My friend had a fractured rib. NY Presbyteraian Hospital Medical Center, the one associated with Columbia University, sent him home without further treatment, except pain meds. I doubt your friend had much more than a chest tube to re-expand his lung. It's not like casting fractures in long bones.
Non-displaced fractures are frequently left as is if there aren't any complications. My mother fell fracturing her pelvis. She recovered in a nursing home with physical and occupational therapy. There was no surgery or casting done. Your friend got a "frozen shoulder" because he didn't move it for too long. It's very common after injuries to the upper arm and shoulder. Patients need to get exercise ASAP, possibly even physical therapy, but they have to move those joints involved with the shoulder. People "baby" it too long, and voila, you have a frozen shoulder.