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3rd met stress fracture. 19 weeks healing incomplete, still pain and a little swelling . mri- fracture still prominent. surgery offered. good idea?
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Viable option.: If the bone has not healed over nineteen weeks now, more should be done and surgery is certainly an option.
Answered 10/11/2015
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