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Tibia open fracture
I got broken tibia from middle on 3 dec in road excident, I operated my tibia with rod and nailing.how long does it take to recover and able to bear body weight.
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6-8 weeks for consolidation.
Wieghts bearing by 3-4 weeks starting from partial to full weight bearing.
Running by 3 months.
Knee bending exercises from day 2 post surgery.
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6-8 Weeks for reunion of bone requires. After 6weeks physiotherapy u can start for gait training and muscle strengthening.
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Do exercises in supervision of physiotherapist.
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DR CHETAN WANKHEDE
General Physician
12 yrs exp
Thane
U can start wt bearing immediately.toe touch followed by partialwt bearing n thn full wt bearing.mean while continue ur quads exercise to make recovery faster.by nw u shud b able to wt full
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