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A followup on my broken ankle story...
Ankle surgery took 2 1/2 hours. The doctor put four screws in the fibula
(small leg bone). The inside ankle bone break turned out to have lots
of small pieces; he put in two pins and a screw and wound some wire
around them to hold the pieces in place. And then he found that I tore
a ligament, so I got a 2-inch screw through both tibia and fibula to
hold them in place while the ligament heals.
I'll be in casts for a total of 8 weeks. The big screw comes out two
weeks later; they guess about two months of rehabilitation. On the
other hardware, my doctor says the ankle-bone wire and stuff will
probably be uncomfortable and suggests taking it out about two months
later. And the screws on the other side will probably be temperature
sensitive, so I may want those out, too.
Xrays at http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Ken_Poulton/ankle.html
Ken Poulton
poulton@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis
"Too fast for comfort,
Too low to fly.
Too young to die." -- David Crosby
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