My son has cerebral palsy and recently had bilateral femoral, tibia and fibula osteotomies about 3 weeks ago. How long does it normally take to start seeing results. He is 23 yrs old and in good health. I am afraid he is getting depressed because he is not able to left his legs and still not able to bare any weight.
Hi, Thanks for writing in. Cerebral palsy is a chronic lifelong condition that can be improved by providing good rehabilitation services. The femoral, tibial and fibular osteotomies will take at least 6 months to heal, and then the results can be seen. It is a surgical procedure and in bones such procedures requires the patient to be in recommended rehabilitation for proper healing. After about 6 weeks of the surgery the bone ends which were cut will form a soft callus and at 3 months the callus becomes more mature. After six months and after taking guidance from the doctors and rehabilitation experts he can start bearing weights as per his recovery. Please do not be in a hurry as this can cause damage to the healing areas and lead to complications. Please do not worry.