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Bone Graft

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miss02428
miss02428

How do you tell a bone garft has healed? Is there a way to tell via XRAY of the difference between bone graft "putty" that has gone from putty stage to hard healed bone? How does that show in an xray. Reason I am asking is I have a boe graft done from existing shattered bone fragments and on xrays everything looks good and major fracture healed but doctor says is can still be fractured I dont understand that?

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  • jp66967
    jp66967 miss02428

    Posted

    Is the reason for you query to know whether it is safe to remove a cast / splint?
    • miss02428
      miss02428 jp66967

      Posted

      No I'm just worried it's never going to heal! I had a pretty bad finger injury and it's been a long process to now and I want to focus on therapy and getting my movement back but scared it may mess up the bone healing? So how does the dr know forsure is healed, because my last X-ray before I got my kwires removed looked healed but I'm in cast still.
    • jp66967
      jp66967 miss02428

      Posted

      Your Dr. is simply taking a precautious approach. Go with that.
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