Dear Sir, Good Day, On 28 Jan,2014, my left leg ig injured near by thigh on road accedent by mini bus. after that i am admitted to Kolkata Hospital. The Kolkata hospital doing the necessary plastic Surgery and same time Orthopidic Dr. doing the bone joint by the help of nail and screw. My question is - ? 1. How much minimum time taken to join the bone. 2. Almost 4 months has been past, as per Orthopedic Dr advise I am taken the x-ray of the my bone. and as per x-ray and Orthopedic Dr advise growth is minimum and need to open the bottom screw from nail then growth is more. 3. my insured leg is swelling to much from thigh to bottom of the leg. so how much time taken for normal leg.
Hi.1. Usually the plate and screws need to be left for at least a year, minimum2. There can occur sucChatDoctorplications and if your doctor thinks the screws need to be removed to allow better ossification then that should be the case, but I can only accurately comment after looking at your xray3. It again depends on the rate of healing, usually with physiotherapy and good and early rehabilitation we can avoid such swelling and undesired side effects Best wishes.