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Removing plates and screws from elbow after 10 years

  • 14-06-2017 2:21pm
    #1
    mrcheez
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,089 ✭✭✭✭


    Not sure if this is the right place for this...

    10 years ago I broke my elbow and had stainless steel plates/screws added.

    The plates have always been an irritant (e.g. can't rest my elbow on a hard surface etc) and my elbow would occasionally flare up if I accidentally hit it off anything, so I finally have an operation coming up to remove the plates/screws.

    I have two questions as the surgeon who will be doing the operation isn't contactable until the day of my operation:

    - After the 7 screws have been removed from my arm will my elbow be more vulnerable due to the holes left over?

    - When I had surgery done originally I had about 2 months of physio to straighten my arm, will I likely face this again?


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  • #2
    dermabrasion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 471 ✭✭dermabrasion


    Only your surgeon can answer this, as it all depends on the original injury, how it aligned during the repair and how it healed.


  • #3
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,669 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    No medical advice as per forum charter


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