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Calcaneum leg fracture
Calcaneum fracture in left leg, surgery done with 4 k wires inserted, one and half months passed. On fibre plaster. Can move through the help of walker.
Suggest next step... those k wires need to be removed.
Will it need to get admit in hospital and then surgery??
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Dr. Rupak Chatterjee
Pediatric Orthopedist
8 yrs exp
Nagpur
It usually depends on the fracture type. The k wires can be removed on an opd basis. A second cast may be given till the fracture heals completely as seen on xrays.
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