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Elbow fracture
Actually I had Comminuted fracture lateral condyle humerus with fracture capitulum: right (displaced)
Procedure Performed::
ORIF with 3.5mm HCS (herbert screw) +2.7mm intraight locking plate all titanium
General Anaesthesia on 27/06/2025
So currently after 5+ months my rom is flexion 125 and extension -30. I have undergoing physio session and almost complete 75 session of Physiotherapy. So my query is implant removal is necessary to get full rom or and if yes then after how many more months I can remove the implant as my physio is suggesting that after romoval of implant the I will gain more rom almost full
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no Need to Remove implant for getting rom
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No.. implant removal will not improve rom
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