Broken toe for longer than 10 weeks

Hi guys
Don;t know if you remember I previously posted a thread about me breaking my metatarsal. Well it still hurt after about 10 weeks and so I went to A&E again. The X-ray showed that the bone still had not healed and to come back in 4 weeks to get it checked out. He said that if it still is not healed, I might have to have an operation to remove the chipped piece of bone!
Has anyone ever had this done before? Isn;t there another option before an operation? I've heard of a specially fitted shoe or something...
Oh well, will have to hope that my foot has healed by then.

Reply 1

generalebriety

Sounds nasty, I don't think you really want a chipped piece of bone floating around your foot to be honest. I know someone who's having a similar operation on their elbow - they barely go near a knife, it's all done with lasers and crap. :confused:

Reply 2

Xenon

generalebriety

I don;t know, the person said that there was a piece of bone which had broke or something when it got fractured and as yet, it hasn;t completely come together again (from the x-ray). I am really hoping that my foot is healed before the 4 weeks. I don;t want to be out for a few months after a surgery. Seems I must be a slow healer or something!
How can an operation not involve a knife?

Reply 3

generalebriety

Well, it does involve a knife. What I mean is they don't hack away at huge flaps of skin and start sawing your bone off. I think they put small optic fibres inside you (which is where the knife comes into it) then apparently they use lasers, somehow. :confused:

Meh, I'm no doctor. Besides, the skin around your little toe is tight compared to your elbow, so maybe not. Was just something I heard.