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any risks in getting screws removed?

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  • 22-11-2009 9:15pm
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    howyanow
    Registered Users Posts: 445 ✭✭


    broke tib/fib in april,have im nail and usual screws in place.hospital physios forgot to pencil me in to start physio until i asked at end of june,surgeons twice mis-calculated my progress ie they told me twice i was 70% and 90% healed and both times when i went back for next appointment i was only then at the recovery point they had said i was at 4 weeks previous.i had bad shooting pain on opposite side of where break was in my shin,my physio decided i should go back to surgeon,he told me i was only 90% and i was trying to do the exercises of someone 100%,he advised taking screws out and he "hoped" that would solve the problem,got a call today to get it done this week as there had been a cancellation.problem i have is no longer getting shooting pain and i think its shin splints myself and im not too sure i can trust surgeon as every time i saw him in the past everything was rushed and never got clear answers.would there be any risk in getting screws out?sorry for dragging it out


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    January
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,865 ✭✭✭✭January


    Broke my tib/fib back in 2001 and have had two screws in since. Had some bother in 2005/2006 with pain in that area. Discussed having screws removed but surgeon said no point as they weren't the cause of the pain I was having? Couple of sessions of physio carried on at home afterwards sorted it for me.


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    Carsinian Thau
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,054 ✭✭✭Carsinian Thau


    Maybe you could bring these concerns to your surgeon? Just explain that you're worried and see what happens.

    It would probably be worth asking your GP about this. While (s)he isn't a surgeon, they'd still have extensive training and could find the answer out for you.


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    howyanow
    Registered Users Posts: 445 ✭✭howyanow


    thanks for replies,problem with surgeon is he is in public clinic and he flies through us all in very quickly,i wont getan appointment with him for a few weeks and i suspect a junior surgeon will carry out the minor procedure,i was thinking of taking the appointment and telling the surgeon post op but there is a chance i may not meet him until im anaesthatised,and i dont want to take up a spot some1 else could use.dilemma!


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