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What's the recovery time for an ankle surgery?
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Depends: Ak=nkle surgery could be a tumor, fracture or a miriad of problems. Depending why you had the durgery will depend the recovery time associated with it.
Answered 5/17/2016
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Average: Any surgery involving an ankle joint, which is a weight bearing joint, will be 4-12 weeks, depends on what is being done.
Answered 11/27/2017
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