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    Re: Bone grafting for Right leg tibia and fibula fracture

    im in the same boat i had a climbing accident i fell 70 feet i broke both legs bad, broke my right arm and broke my back L-2, everything was going ok i have had 8 surgerys to save my life and limbs, I was in a coma for 4 days and in trauma intensive care for 9 weeks and 8 surgerys , i was sent home to heal up and do re hab i was doing ok but 4 weeks after getting out my right leg rebroke and hardware and bone gave way. now i have had number 2 bone graft and they took bone from my upper leg , they are trying to save my leg my next surgery is Dec 16 2010 if this surgery dont work they take the leg.
    I have had so many surgerys and i still have 2 to go it really hurts to think im in and out of hospital and surgery after surgery its unreal.
    well people what do you think my odds are of keeping my leg???


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    Re: Bone grafting for Right leg tibia and fibula fracture

    Theres no way to tell edgewise... You really can't call it. You just gotta hope that you got a good surgeon... How'd you rebreak it?? Did you do something wrong or did your surgeon do a bad job :s Just saying maybe Dr. Rana is right that you'd benefit from a Ilizarov apparatus or Taylor Spatial Frame (Taylor Spatial Frame - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ilizarov apparatus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)... Discuss with your surgeon what he/she thinks is your best option. If your confident with your surgeon then thats awesome... if your not then find out if you can look elsewhere.

    How'd you fall 70 foot. I climb... took a 18m the other day but was deep water soloing so only tore my superior labii frenulum because i looked down and had my mouth open when i hit the water.

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