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Jones Fracture treatment
Wife has a fracture in the right foot leg on the 5th metatarsal bone. Doctor said its called Jones fracture. This happened on Friday 17th May morning 9am. The first recommendation was to have surgery to screw the bone together for healing. The doctor then prescribed to put the leg in a slab cast temporarily till the surgery along with crepe bandaging. This was done around 12 pm Friday.
When we took second opinion the doctors suggested to keep the slab for a week and then move to a walking cast. We are planning to go with this approach.
The question that I have is:
Is it safe and normal to keep the crepe bandage inside the slab cast for a week. Should we get it removed? If so how soon should we do it?
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Dr. Ravikumar Chandulal Makadia
Orthopedic surgeon
4 yrs exp
Ahmedabad
Yes, its normal
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Dr. Parteek Bansal
Orthopedic surgeon
7 yrs exp
Gurgaon
Yes it is absolutely normal don't worry about this.
Just get a repeat X-ray done after one week followed by cast application
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