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LRS of broken tibia
She met with road accident suffered fracture on femir and tinia of left leg. Now they did internal nailing on femir but did LRS on tibia due to some infection. But LRS is very heavy, now is it possible to replace the LRS rod with any lite equipment after 3 months so that she can go to her college easily.
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Send photo of all X-rays Consult me search browse on goggle practo website Dr Rajinder sharma senior Orthopaedic neurospine joint Replace surgeon ,42 years expertise chandigarh health Department Govt Multispeciality Hospital retired Chandigarh(U.T)
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Share photos of x ray and leg with LRS
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Send me x-ray n clinical pics of wound
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Dr. Parteek Bansal
Orthopedic surgeon
6 yrs exp
Gurgaon
Avoid anything as chance of union of bone decreases with multiple operation
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Dr. Ravikumar Chandulal Makadia
Orthopedic surgeon
4 yrs exp
Ahmedabad
Better to continue it.. multiple surgery on same bone should be avoided
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Dr. Karri Venkatesh
Orthopedic surgeon
3 yrs exp
Visakhapatnam
Thats the decision of the surgeon depending upon the patients scenario... If the infection is totally subsidised u can go with nailing+/- bone grafting
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xrays please
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