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Please help? is the fracture of a foot considered a critical injury?

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Severity depends: Entirely on location, displacement, joint involvement, bones fractured, compound or closed, and involvement of adjacent blood vessels, nerves, and soft tissue. I don't think it is critical in the sense that you probably will not die from it, but any fracture could be serious. In the lower extremity, amputation is always possible. Ask your doctor for specific recommendations.

Answered 1/27/2014

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