Hi Inertia,
I had the op done back in July 07. I can remember I did have pain and I was told it was because the bone was operated on and the nerve layer on the surface of the bone was cut. The pain is from the nerves on the bone mending themselves. At the time I was on alot of pain medication for other problems that I have so I didn't think the pain was a real problem so when I was given the explanation I didn't worry too much about it.

He should have been told before the op that there is a risk of permanent damage (I know I was because the Dr was sure it was going to happen to me as my CT was really bad).

Was he given a few exercises to do with his hand for the months after the opp and was he told to massage the scar with cream to descensotise the op site on his hand.

When I went back to have the last check up the Dr wanted to do my other wrist before it gets too bad but I think I'll wait till I really need it done. As I had my CT done under a local and it wasn't a pleasant experience at all.

Tell your hubby to use pain killers while his wrist is healing it can take up to 6 months for the nerves to heal and then they are easily upset with tooo much use

Take care
Chris