Almost exactly 2 months after my surgery I went back and they took off my splint and pulled out the pins. It's not as bad as you would expect. The first one didn't hurt at all. The second one, which was in at an angle, just felt like a pinch at the site of the skin, and a little bit of pressure. And it was all over in 15 seconds. And yes, I kept the pins. They just put a bandaid over the holes, and they closed up externally at least within 24 hrs. My whole wrist is very tight and somewhat sore. When they first took out the pins I literally had no left to right range of motion, but I've already gained some back in 2 days. They gave me a neoprene brace like you can buy over the counter to wear whenever I might be in a place where it could get knocked around. But they want me to keep it free as much as possible (just be careful) and do my exercises every hour that I'm awake! I'm supposed to go to PT twice a week for 4-6 weeks now. He said there's usually a 1:1 ratio for time immobilized to regaining ROM, and a 1:3 ratio for regaining strength. In my case, I was immobilized for 2 months, so it should be 2 months to regain ROM and 6 months total to regain strength. And yet he said the goal is unrestricted use in 3 months... so we'll see.
The much anticipated video of the removal of the pins...
The 4 spots where they went in with the scope have healed nicely, but I can feel some scar tissue under the one on the bottom right mainly (probably closest to the ligament that was torn/repaired_.
Where the pins came out, already closed up after 24 hrs.
