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Removal of plate and screws from tibia fracture
Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: Sep 8 10:36am | Replies (83)Comment receiving replies
@jenniferhunter Cassidee also has a fixator Cage too. She also had 2 surgeries. Your's sounds worse. She can't put any weight on it for 6 to 8 weeks. Still waiting for insurance to ok rehab. If you feel nauseated after a surgery tell the anathesia (SP) doctor and he will put something in your IV that helps. They did a nerve block on Cassidee's first surgery, but not on her 2nd. The anesthesis (sp) thought they thought they should do one, but the surgeon didn't think so. She was in so much pain after the surgery, even the strongest med did not help. When I see that doctor again I'm going to comment to him not doing one.
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@lilypaws What helped my pain at the beginning was elevation of my ankle with ice packs. That made the difference when the meds were not enough. I did have a nerve block after the second surgery for the plates and screws which helped for a few days.
It's too early right now for your daughter to do rehab. The bones have to start to heal and be confirmed at follow up with X rays. That will come after the 6 to 8 weeks. I have been out of my cast now for 6 weeks, and I started my rehab at about 4 weeks after the cast was removed. The surgeon asked me to put 25% weight bearing on the operated leg the first week, 50% on week 2, 75% on week 3, and 100% on week 4. After I was able to do that, I explained all my issues and asked for physical therapy and I am dealing with weak muscles, and learning to walk again. My body has tried to compensate because my hip flexors are way too tight because of sitting with my leg elevated for 3 months and I wasn't able to stand up straight, and when I try it feels like I'm trying to rip my leg off. The hips and knee are painful because of this misalignment that we are working on along with range of motion and rebuilding strength. My knee and hip ache and keep me awake at night and I have to shift around to get it to stop. That's all part of having tight muscle spasms in my leg from the injury which are getting better as my PT works on them. I don't have any power to push off with my toes and it's hard to get the leg to trail backward because of hip tightness in front and rear end muscles that have are not doing the job to oppose the muscles in front. Alignment is important so I don't wear out the other joints. This is a very long recovery for sure and I have been told a year for full recovery, and that I will have post traumatic arthritis in my future. The fracture went through the joint space, so I lost some of the cartilage. With an open fracture, infection is a big concern, and your daughter is likely on antibiotics. Infections can cause complications that require multiple surgeries to clean out infection. I do know someone who went through that and almost lost her foot. She started with an injury and fracture of the foot/ankle after slipping on ice.