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Had a fall 2009 which caused ankle fracture plus fibia bone was broken, underwent surgery wit screws & plate. after a year it was removed. joint pains?

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Common: It is common to have residual pain after a significant fracture of the ankle requiring 2 surgeries. Obviously there is a lot of stress in everyday life on the foot and ankle and since you have had the injury there may be abnormal pain signals as well as some degeneration of the joints. Talk to your orthopedic doctor.

Answered 6/7/2017

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Dr. Ellen Wenzel answered

Specializes in Podiatry

Post Traumatic OA: It is common for patients that have had an ankle fracture to have some post traumatic osteoarthritis.

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