Suggest Treatment For A Broken Left Femur Bone

Posted on Sun, 8 Jan 2017

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Question : I'm a 63 yr old male, I broke my left femur 14 month's ago, it is about 80% healed, they removed the screw closest to my knee from the rod about 4 months ago. That took away the pain from the inside part of my knee but now have pain when walking which seems to be from where the bone broke down to the top part of the knee, the more I walk on it the worse it gets, after two days of physio I'm back to walking with crutches and it takes 2 to 3 day's to get rid of the pain. Is it possible the rod is too long and is bottoming out on the bone above the knee or the rod is moving inside the femur causing the pain? should I be going to physio? I'm starting to use a machine to make the bone grow faster.

Answered by Dr. Aashish Raghu (55 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Delayed union on the femur

Detailed Answer:
Hi there

Thanks for the query

It appears that the fracture hasn't healed which is why it is still painful and also the reason the screw was removed near the knee, to facilitate healing.

If the rod is too long, then you would have severe knee swelling and inability to flex the knee well.

Physiotherapy is important to strengthen the muscles around the hip and knee.

Do upload your X-ray for me to be able to comment on your current problem and the prognosis. you can simply upload it at the reports section.

I hope I have answered your query.

I will be available to answer your follow up queries.

Regards,

Dr. Aashish Raghu

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee