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Humerus bone broken
Dear sir ,
I was meet up accident exactly 24 days back I was admitted after 3 days exactly 21 days I was operated to the humerus by fixing the plate ,
My concern is how many days it can take for healing.
And whether there plate can be melt inside or I need to go for another surjery for removing.
Kindly guide me
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If no complaints, then its your choice.
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Please share x ray, need to see, how fixation is looking
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Implant removal is personal choice, its not needed always except in some conditions.
Complete Union takes around 6 months
If wants to get plate removed, it can be removed after an year after confirmation of union on xray and clinical examination.
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Share your xray for better openion
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It will take 6-9 months for complete union of bone
And it will not melt inside
If the plate give u trouble (Hardware irritation)after fracture united u may need undergo a surgery to remove it but it is not mandatory
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Pl share ur recent x ray, to comment on healing process. plate itself won't desolve on its own , it needed to get operated for removal it at all it requires, generally for upper limb implant removal is not required, if u want or any need it can be done safely after 2 years.
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Dr. Bhanu Pratap Singh Tomar
Orthopedist
7 yrs exp
Bhopal
Remodeling phase of Bone healing is around 6 months to 1 year and maybe take little more time in some patients . So before this plate removal is not safe.
And plate not melt inside for sure. So plate should be remove after 2 year is safe , after serial radiograph(x-ray) and confirm bony union in x ray .
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serial radiograph ( x ray ) in your case x ray protocol should be now , then on 6 week , 3 month , 6 month then 1 year after that by orthopaedic opinion
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