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Question - tibia and fibula bone fracture

by Roobesh
(Mauritius)

hi am roobesh 27 yrs old from mauritius. i got a tibia and fibula bone fracture at work in febuary. i got a surgery on the same day and they put an external fixator.

4 months passed by and both the tibia and fibula have not yet been heal. i wanted to know how much time it takes to be heal and also am suffering from neurofibromatosis does it take much more time because of this.

thanking you in advance

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Jul 01, 2008
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by: Bart - SII

Normal time to heal for a fracture is 6-8 weeks - however, with neurofibromatosis it can take much longer because one of the effects of the disease is altered bone healing.

I am not very familiar with neurofibromatosis, so I can't really tell you much about it. I would recommend talking with your doctor about your options, and what kind of treatments you should be doing to help with the healing.

Hope this helps - comment back with other questions.

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