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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Dr. Andrew Rynne

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Dr. Saisudha Kotla

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Dr. Dorina Gurabardhi

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Is A Calcaneus Fracture A Disability

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Dr. Aashish Raghu MD

A 19 year old patient had head injury with right clavicle fracture underwent ORIF, under went ... % of total disability from M.S. Ramiah. Patient have also got the certificate from government hospital ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Aashish Raghu ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr. Prasanna Heijebu MD

I have my left foot calacaneous bone fracture in 3 pieces. Today i am in NWB period of 5th week.As per x rays,fracture is getting fast recovery. My doctor has informed to remove my cast after a week ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Prasanna Heijebu ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Saurabh Gupta MD

Numbness and tingling in toes after a sprained ankle and possible chip fracture of calcaneus . Wearing a boot and throughout day when elevate I feel numbness and tingling in toes. What does this ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Saurabh Gupta ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr.  Sudhir Kumar MD

I am having calcaneus fracture in my right leg for the last 20 days.I am a smoker.I want to know how much is my smoking going to affect the fracture.Also,though I don't smoke marijuana or hash ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sudhir Kumar ( Neurologist)
Dr. Praveen Tayal MD

you fracture the same area of your calcaneus 10 times and heal it 10 times, your height will increase ...: Let's say there's a small fracture (eg. stress / hairline fracture) at the very bottom... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Praveen Tayal ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)

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Jay Indravadan Patel MD

HELLO DR. SAMUEL, MY NAME IS AMELIA AND I HAVE ANKLE PAIN AND SWELLING FORM A LEFT ANKLE FRACTURE. DISTAL LEFT TIBIA. THE FRACTURE HAD A Y SHAPED AND A 2ND FRACTURE THROUGH THE MEDIAL MALLEOLAR REGION ... View answer

Answered by : Jay Indravadan Patel ( Physical Therapist or Physiotherapist)
Dr.  Chandrashekar Shettar MD

fracture. HAve had two surgeries on it since. I now need to have ankle fusion or replacement. I wanted to know, at my age, after I have this surgery would I possibly qualify for total disability benefits. ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Chandrashekar Shettar ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr.  Jose Ignacio Artero Muñoz MD

I fell and have a t9 vertebral compression fracture back in November my doctor told me it would ... said it may take a year or two to heal on its own i m wondering if I could get on disability with this. ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Jose Ignacio Artero Muñoz ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Vaibhav Gandhi MD

hi doctor, my self Zubair, i have been suffering from displaced fracture of calcaneus, cubiod along with chip fracture of mallecous, i have almost completed 7 months of fracture, still i cannot... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Vaibhav Gandhi ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr.  Praveen Tayal MD

hi, my rabbit is 2 yrs old and as a baby she fractured both hind legs and had them pinned. They healed well but as a result of her disability (or so we thought) she now has 4 splayed legs. We also ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Praveen Tayal ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)