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Doctor, recovering from a trimalleolar fracture (surgery- aug 9) 2 weeks into pt. what you would expect a good rom now? 2 months? 6 months?

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Dr. Richard Zimon answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Hard to estimate: was INSTRUMENTATION USED?? The best source of information about recovery time should be YOUR SURGEON HE/SHE knows best what you have to "overcome" Hope this helps Dr Z

Answered 10/15/2016

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