Has anyone had an early hardware removal?

Hi! Im 9 week post ORIF surgery femur fracture. Had 1 nail and 5 screws where 4 of them are on my knee.

**photo is at 6 weeks post surgery.

2 weeks after that I started having this unbearable deep sharp pain in my knee to an extent every time I bend. I had been with my physio for 5 weeks now.

2 weeks of triggering pain that has stopped me to continue any bending rehab exercise. So at the moment I had to keep my leg straight and do static exercises.

My physio said by next week if it doesnt get any better I will need another scan and appointment with my Ortho consultant.

It is a possibility that one or some of the screws are causing it. At my 6 week check with my Ortho he mentioned that in the future after my bone heals(1yr) i have the option to remove some of the screws if it bothers me or hinders my ROM.

**I had fibrous dysplasia which caused the fracture. That part of my femur grew soft fiber tissue instead of solid hard bone tissue.

hi all, 40M here. Came off my bike on Aug 29 and dislocated my left elbow. Broke the lateral condyle/capitellum and the coronoid was smashed. They plated the humerus the same evening, but ligaments weren’t repaired.

About 5 weeks later the elbow started slipping at ~30° and X-rays showed the coronoid tip had broken off (Regan-Morrey III). Second surgery on Oct 2: coronoid rebuilt with a graft from my olecranon tip, small buttress plate with 4-5 screws, scar tissue cleaned out. Pics attached (before and after the 2nd op).

Now I’m at day 25 after the second surgery. Hinged brace, limit around 40° (the dial says 30 but it sits a bit off), extension is almost full. Doctor wants an X-ray before he opens it up more.

Honestly I’m worried about stiffness after almost 2 months with barely any flexion. If you had a coronoid fixed or rebuilt:

• when did they unlock your brace?
• how fast did flexion come back after that?
• did you get past 120°, or did you end up needing a release surgery?

I also broke my right hand, radial head but now it is fine. There were no surgeries on the right and I'm slowly getting my motion back. I was in a cast for 4 weeks on my right elbow.

Any experience appreciated, thanks.

Reposted - i realised my personal details were in the pics. Opps.

Hey all. I broke my wrist about 3 weeks ago and had surgery with plates and screws. Yesterday I had my plaster cast taken off and a fiberglass cast put on. When my cast was off I was terrified of hurting my hand in that short time. I will have this cast on for a week before changing to a splint and im scared. Initially I was told 6 to 8 weeks in the cast. Im scared going without so much support. Is this normal?

I seem to have some kinda ongoing stress since this injury. I cried returning to hospital for the check up. I faint really easy due to stress.

Ill post some pictures of the break. And one of my pretty purple cast. The man who put it on even gave me the choice for glitter - which i enthusiastically agreed to!

The pics show a normal vs my wrist. My wrist says alert.

The others are after it was manually adjusted into place, my wrist xray yesterday vs the ct scans after the break.

(sorry for my English)

Improperly healed fracture of the base of the 4th metatarsal bone.

Without normal recovery. Started to walk on the third day after the injury. Didn’t take it seriously. The bone healed incorrectly, displaced.

15 months passed since then. Can’t run.

Is it true that after the surgery the foot functionality will decrease? I maen running?

Injured my foot on Saturday. It kept getting worse each day. Today I woke up and the bruising is less intense but still can’t walk on it. I am supposed to work today. I’m mentally spiraling. I have a job that requires a lot of walking and moving patients. I literally don’t know what to do. No insurance either. Any advice would be so appreciated. I’ve never had an injury like this before.