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Tibia Condyle Fracture
Hello Doctor,
I fell down from Bike and injured my left knee. After then when I had done X-Ray, there was fracture in Tibia Condyle. Doctor told me to wait for 5 days with medicine for reduce the swelling. After then he has done Cylinder cast for 1 month. Doctor told me to done X-Ray again after 1 month.
Now my question is how much time it will take for normal activities and walking and how serious is the injury?
Please find attached the x-ray report.
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This could have been managed with a surgery. That would have made u free of cast and allowed knee range of motion. Anyways this will heal in a cast and wound take 1.5 months to start taking weight.
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Cast removal at 1.5m
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6 weeks .. not that serious, that's the reason your doctor choosed casting rather than surgery.
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after 6 weeks , you can start physiotherapy
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Dr. Ravikumar Chandulal Makadia
Orthopedic surgeon
4 yrs exp
Ahmedabad
It will take 6-8 week
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