A 44-year-old member asked:
once you have a metal placed on a fractured bone, is it possible to get it removed?
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Dr. Thomas Deberardino answered
32 years experience Orthopedic Surgery
Yes, if problematic: Hardware is not routinely removed unless it becomes problematic from either a symptom causing standpoint (patient complaint of pain or discomfort) or from a surgeon standpoint (hardware in way of future surgery, at or near a joint and thus confounding advanced imaging [mri], or at risk for breakage).
Answered on Nov 8, 2012
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Usually: About 6-12 weeks depending on the severity of the surgery.
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Dr. Kristine Nemes answered
18 years experience Podiatry
Do not cause crush: While screws and plates do not cause a crush injury in the same area, they certainly do weaken the bone where they are. The plate takes some of the l ... Read More
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A 25-year-old male asked:
Dr. Cody Mead answered
12 years experience Family Medicine
No: Once healing is completed, your risk of fracture should return to normal. If all of the hardware is removed and there are no follow up surgeries plan ... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider answered
39 years experience Sports Medicine
Depends: The acceptable alignment of a fracture
depends on the particular bone, location of
the fracture, amount of msalignment and
the age of the patient w ... Read More
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