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re: OT Medical Drs - How egregious is misdiagnosising a broken leg as a bruise??

Posted on 8/16/17 at 1:21 pm to
Posted by DaBeerz
Member since Sep 2004
17021 posts
Posted on 8/16/17 at 1:21 pm to
Bone bruise or stress fx wouldn't require surgery though. Has to be displaced or comminuted to require surgery
Posted by LZ83
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Member since Sep 2016
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Posted on 8/16/17 at 1:22 pm to
Microfracture may require surgery to poke little holes in the bone to get more blood flow.
Posted by TypoKnig
Member since Aug 2011
8928 posts
Posted on 8/16/17 at 1:42 pm to
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Bone bruise or stress fx wouldn't require surgery though. Has to be displaced or comminuted to require surgery


Not true
Posted by YipSkiddlyDooo
Member since Apr 2013
3646 posts
Posted on 8/16/17 at 6:55 pm to
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Has to be displaced or comminuted to require surgery


not necessarily with fibula fractures...but we got a lot of other folks that think they are orthos on here (like the person that said fracture=/=break), so carry on
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