A 40-year-old member asked:
What happens before and after a navicular bone surgery on my feet?
3 doctor answers • 5 doctors weighed in
Dr. Abdul Ahmedanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 43 years experience
Healing: Fracture starts healing. Reduction & internal fixation brings the fragments together and it accelerates the healing in correct allignment.
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Dr. Ellen Wenzelanswered
Podiatry 16 years experience
Talk to your Surgeon: This can vary depending on the exact nature of the surgery - whether this a tendon advancement, removal of excess bone, fracture repair of fusion. Regardless, you should expect a period of several weeks of non-weightbearing. You should absolutely have a discussion with your surgeon preoperatively to ensure that all of your questions have been answered.
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Dr. Brian Wagneranswered
Podiatry 20 years experience
Navicular bone : This is difficult to answer without knowing what type of procedure being performed and for what pathology.
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Last updated Jan 5, 2019
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