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What Does Blackened Skin After Fracture Indicate?

My son broke his fibula (spiral fracture) and his toes where turning puple blue and swollen... when he went to the ortho dr yesterday, they removed the cast and he said his heel was black...They assured him that everything was alright and put another cast on... I'm not too comfortable with that diagnosis...Doesn't black indicate dead tissue that can lead to gangrene?
Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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