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I am 32 year old male. I had bike accident on Sept 7, 2017. I sustained a fractured femur shaft with butterfly fragments on my left leg. I had surgery on it after a week and had a titanium rod (10mm dia) placed with 2 knee screws and 2 hip screws. 2 weeks after surgery I had a severe pain in my left butt and it lasted for 2 weeks reducing with the help of pain killer through syringe. I was non weight bearer for almost 2 months. No healing signs for 11 months. They called it as non union and took me for second surgery on July 16, 2018. They pulled the titanium rod and replaced it with a 11 mm diameter reamed nail with screws. They also did a bone graft with the marrow they got from drilling further into the upper part of my femur. After 6 weeks of second surgery I had an xray with no healing signs then just after 1 day of xray my 2 knee screws were removed as doctor said it help to stimulate the bone healing since then I feel pain if my affected leg tends to rotate. I am now at 9 weeks after second surgery. When can I expect to see callus forming in xray ? Will it heal or there is something wrong ?
Mon, 24 Sep 2018
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