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Non union of distal femur fracture.
After 1 year of surgery with titanium implants for the distal femur fracture,the fracture is not healing, initially it was making progress but now the doctor said that the bone is reducing and non union has occured.
The patient is 62year old male , what is the possible treatment moving forward?
Can the fracture heal by some non invasive method using medicine and injections.
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I think it is a well done job.
There are no visible signs of non union.
Start non weight bearing exercises for back and lower limbs.
You may visit my YouTube channel 'drncgupta' and watch 'me and my yoga'.
This will guide you for isometric exercises for the lower limbs.
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To call it a non union we need to check the serial X-rays
And if it’s going into non union there are still few non invasive method which could be tried like PRP injection and CQ medicine
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Avoid complete weight bearing
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Yes. Consult me search browse on goggle practo website Dr Rajinder sharma senior Orthopaedic neurospine joint Replace surgeon ,42 years expertise chandigarh health Department Govt Multispeciality Hospital retired Chandigarh(U.T)
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Dr. Karri Venkatesh
Orthopedic surgeon
3 yrs exp
Visakhapatnam
Is that the latest xray?...
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Dr. Ravikumar Chandulal Makadia
Orthopedic surgeon
4 yrs exp
Ahmedabad
Start walking..
Take calcium and vitamin d tablet
High protein diet
Wait for 2-3 months..
See progress
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