Squeamish look away
For 5 weeks this sophisticated piece of scaffolding which was fixed through my femur in two places, my tibia in two places and through my ankle, kept the smashed bones of my lower leg precisely in position.
I also got something called compartment syndrome which can cause the leg to have to be amputated. Fortunately they spotted it in time and took action (which involves slicing from the ankle to the knee), but it meant I was hooked up a vacuum dressing machine for many weeks (that's what the black thing is).
Squeamish look away
For 5 weeks this sophisticated piece of scaffolding which was fixed through my femur in two places, my tibia in two places and through my ankle, kept the smashed bones of my lower leg precisely in position.
I also got something called compartment syndrome which can cause the leg to have to be amputated. Fortunately they spotted it in time and took action (which involves slicing from the ankle to the knee), but it meant I was hooked up a vacuum dressing machine for many weeks (that's what the black thing is).