PORT Adelaide's young star Ollie Wines has avoided surgery on his dislocated wrist, but he is still expected to miss at least a month.

Wines injured his wrist in the final quarter of the Power's eight-point win over North Melbourne on Saturday night after getting his arm tangled in a contest with the Roos' Andrew Swallow.

Port's high performance manager Darren Burgess said Wines faced a minimum four weeks on the sidelines. 

"He had a dislocation of a small bone in his wrist reversed by a surgeon in Adelaide on Sunday," Burgess told the club's website. 

"It was reviewed today and there's no need for surgery." 

Burgess said the injury lay-off should not affect Wines' conditioning too adversely.

"Initially, he'll need to keep the arm pretty still, but we expect him to be running after about three weeks, so his conditioning won't be an issue," Burgess said. 

"As with everything we'll only put him back out when he's ready to go, he's a pretty combative player so we need to make sure he's A-OK." 

Meanwhile, Power speedster Matt White is "touch and go" for Saturday's blockbuster clash against Hawthorn, while ruckman Matthew Lobbe again faces a fitness test. 

White rolled his ankle against the Roos and is no certainty to take his place against the Hawks. 

"We need to see how Whitey goes at training during the week but we don't want to risk players by bringing them back too early, as we've done by holding 'Lobbes' over too," Burgess said. 

Burgess said the Power was in no rush to bring Lobbe back if he wasn't fit.

"Lobbe is an important player for us, and Kenny (coach Ken Hinkley) is on record saying he doesn't want him back until he’s passed fit,” Burgess said. 

"It's all about how he responds during training, which is why he's a week-to-week proposition."