broken tibia & fibia
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Hi I broke both bones in my leg about 3 inches above my ankle. It was abad break compound dislocation but just under the skin ( no open skin break ). That was 8 months ago I had a ror put in from the knee down with screws top & bottom. As of 2 days ago it was still not bridging the break. I have bone growing but its slow. I’M 46 years old and pretty active I work 8-10 hours a day now and deal with the pain at days end. I was told that the fact that I smoke 1/2 pack of cigaretts a day is a big part of the issue so I Have quit. Is it safe for me to use a nicotine patch or os nicotine the part of smoking that is the issue.
Thanks
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steve
alright I’ve got a brooken fibia and tibia bout 6 inchs from ma ankle and its also pretty bad, I done it last saturday and was in hospital until tues the folowing week. I had a oportation 2 realine the two bones. I am in cast from ma toes to the top off my thigh. I am 14 and am very active and am always playing football and sports that how I endead up in this situation playing for west ham under 16s in a cup match. steve
Bill Johnson
Seven weeks ago, I fractured my tibia in two places. The orthopedist put me in a boot type cast and also gave me a small splint which he told me to start wearing. Five weeks later I went back for a second x-ray and there was no callus forming in the break. There doctor told me to begin wearing the boot again.l I am fifty nine and have been on a fairly strict diet for the past two years. Would that affect my bone healing ability?