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Hello! I am the person who previously asked you about the staple that broke in my foot 3 weeks after an Austin bunionectomy. My doctor put me in the boot to immobilize the foot for 6 weeks. At that time he took an X-ray and said the bone was healing. He allowed me to return to wearing good supportive shoes with new orthotics. That was six months ago. I continued to have pain and swelling in the foot and returned last week to my physician. X-rays show incomplete bone union. I have been instructed to wear a post op shoe 6 weeks and call the doctor at that time to report my progress with the pain and swelling. I am skeptical that the shoe stabilizes much of anything as I feel my foot moving quite a lot in it and still experience pain and swelling in it. I have very flat, hyper mobile feet, and I also have anemia and osteopenia. Could any of these conditions be a contributing factor to the delayed bone healing? Will the post op shoe provide adequate support and immobilization for the foot to heal?
University of Rochester Medical Center
American Academy of Pediatrics
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