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The surgery went well. Two incisions, closed by 50 staples. Thy replaced the original screws with larger screws and a plate, and then they put all the parts of my tibia back into the right places, removed the heterotopic ossification and used it as filler where needed, and then added another plate and five screws to stabilize everything. I'm now two weeks into the second cast - every four weeks they cut off the cast and take xrays (that way the cast doesn't cloud the image) and then put a new cast on. In about ten days (next Friday) they cut this cast off, and if all is good, they'll put me into a tall walking cast (the short one I already have may be part of the problem, so they're going to use a tall one this time) and start me back on the path to walking on my own.
I don't know if all of the hardware comes back out, but the two screws and plate that secure the fibula to the tibia have to because otherwise they will eventually break.
I don't know if all of the hardware comes back out, but the two screws and plate that secure the fibula to the tibia have to because otherwise they will eventually break.