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How does a doctor fix a displaced ankle fracture?
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Surgery: If the fracture is displaced it propably will need surgery to re-align the bones and hold them together.
Answered 10/25/2012
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Puts it back in : Place and then holds it thre with various screws and plates (simplified answer).
Answered 10/28/2012
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