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A member asked:
If you had a proximal avulsion fracture of your tarsal navicular, what would happen if you walked on it without immobilization?
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You may have : Pain, swelling etc or you might be perfectly okay....everyone is different. The size of the fracture may matter and he etiology might Matter. Ideally, it should not be walked on.
Answered 2/28/2015
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