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Need advice on avulsion bone fracture.

2018-07-09 15:47:14
Is 21 days of cast us enough for stress fracture at 5th metatarsal avulsion bone ? Can we walk on the ingured leg after 21 days or still need to wait ?
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You can walk on a synthetic cast now, but keep the cast for 6 weeks.

Answered2018-07-11 02:05:13

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