I had the same surgery 13 years ago and I have no pain from it. I was walking on my own after 6 weeks ,I didn't have the patience to wait, walking was a big help and swimming. The weather can cause pain sometimes but nothing intolerable.
I was in horrible pain after a broken femur last month. I woke up after this horrible procedure was done to me, and i felt like a million dollars. Most of the pain gone. Plus one to modern medicine.
Hi there Evelyn. I had this operation bilaterally with Trigen nails in October 2009, I do suffer from a slight 'quad lag' which may be what you are describing. I am unable to fully straighten my left leg, the knee lags around 10-15 degrees. It's not really stiff in any way though, just incapable of fully straightening. For those that have had this, persevere, I was walking four days after this operation and within 3 months I was walking without crutches and back on the motorbike. ;)! Cheers!
I had my femur and tibia fracture.Its been 4 months.I m walking with a stick.Almost all pains have gone.Knee has bent 100 %. Its about physiotherapy,ur attitude and good food and rest.. Leave rest on god I m determined to be as strong as i Was In Sha Allah
great video. for my thesis, I need to know the areas where forces act on the femur. as well as their distribution of forces on different point on the proximal femur. if you have any reference, please let me know.
I have the exact post traumatic bone fragments as shown in the video in my right femur. The surgery was done two Nail/Rod having two screws in proximal femur (top part) and one screw distal femur (bottom). It was done last month. I just hope that vertical bone fragment attach properly with the rest of the bone.
@@DanielWaples good luck on your recovery. I’m almost two years out and so far so good, eat lots of meat, veggies and then whatever else you feel like. I was craving chocolate milk hardcore when I got out of surgery.
@@rl1271 well I've not drank, smoked or looked at porn since the break so I'm already a better man for it if I can keep this up 😜 It's been such a humbling experience that I now promise to be kinder to myself... not sure i could deadlift that much weight even beforehand, but now, challenge accepted hehe
this is exactly whats in my rigt femur after crashing an mx bike but 5 months later i can stil feel the screw at the top if i move in certain direction
I snapped my femur and had this surgery done when I was 15. 3 months later I was able to walk normally again, and 6 months later I could run again. 2 years later, I went to surgery again to get the implants removed. Now at 21, my femur feels stronger than ever.
I had this done on both femurs and plates put in both tibia, I had car crash, driving 60mph into a tree, I broke both legs top and bottom, slipped disc in my back, ripped my liver and had a collapsed lung, 4 months later I was walking again, fast forward 1 year and I’m walking and running normally with no pain in my legs, my other injuries are healed nicely. Hopefully I won’t have any problems later on in life
*Had this done on me 50 years ago and Güntscher nail (rod) was removed 6 months later. It was in Sweden, Stockholm. Local anaesthesia. It was horribly painful experience. Today I would demand Epidural /Spinal with Propofol IV on the side. Bangkok-Johnnie 14 orthopaedic operations. Last year TKA/TKR two-stage revision here in THailand* czcams.com/video/vQZNOvIEN78/video.html
Yup, amazingly, I can run fine. My knee had some damage during the injury, torn pcl, but 5 years now and it's still not giving me any trouble. Only qualification is that I've never really run or worked it hard, only light exercising.
My knee is giving so much pain and I'm two weeks post the procedure... might I ask how long it was for you til your knee was settled??? Mines huge at present and the pain is worse than the broken femur!
How do they compensate for a patient who hasn't reached full height yet? Had this done when I was 14 and the dr told me he had to guess how tall I was gonna be he nailed it on the head. But I'm wondering how is it done? How do they lengthen the bone?
I had this surgery done on me about a year ago after I was hit head on by a car. My leg has healed pretty well. My largest complaint would be that my hip was very sore after the surgery and is still a little tender today. I cant lay on my side for more than a minute on a hard floor. My leg is slightly weaker then the other one but Im confident that I can get them to be very close in strength.
Dillen Bang the accident happened at the end of July and I didn't start lifting weights until probably the end of December. I probably didn't start squatting heavy weight until February though. I started walking with only a cane once in a while during Halloween.
Kyle Lisowe I can't wait to start squatting again. Hey, did you ever lose your balance and land hard on your bad leg and have pain? Happened last nite in the bathroom and the pain sucks
I think most of those who are feeling fine recovering in a few weeks or without pain are young. my sister at 70 has done this operation today. she had already had fractured the same femur 3 years ago. she did not recover. she was going to have a hip replacement , but 3 days ago she collapsed and was rushed to hospital.
Ohhh yes! I experienced stiffness and pain, but come to find out, I had injuries to the hip and knee that need surgery as well. My Doc. told me it's from the hardware. Very normal!
For 2 weeks I needed mild painkillers to help me sleep. Now 4th week in I don't even aspirin. So far no problems. Get a good orthopedic surgeon and you'll be fine.
Hi Ana, I'm two weeks post the procedure and my knee is so inflamed that its a far far worse pain than the actual break in my femur.... wondering how much my past injuries may have flailed up because of the holding screw in my knee... How long did yours take to settle down?? Hope its back to full strength now a year later?? 😀
like this I had a surgery in 2010 June. , I don't have pain UpTo now ,but my bone was not healed , in x-ray it was like two pieces on bone..can I go for surgery to replace with new nail. does it works? and bone will heal now
Had this op on my right leg after a car crash (also shattered left knee) Didn't get to physio until week 4. At week 9 now and have gone from a 5 degree bend to a 85 degree bend (with allot of pain and hard work) Still not allowed do bear more than 50% weight on it. Can't tackle the stairs yet either as knee only had cast off 3 weeks ago and gone from 0 degree to 55 (again with allot of pain and work) but can put 100% weight on it. Really want to go up stairs to my bed soon.
Samuel what bend do you have now and what percentage of weight are you putting on it? I'm week 11 now and my right leg (femur break side) went backwards to 80 bend while the knee improved to 65. I was allowed to take cruches home and tackle the stairs. Its great but only allowed once a day until my legs are stronger. Xray shows bone healing but not fully yet. Surgeon told me to add 10% weight bearing each week. Yesterday I shuffled without cruches across the room. No pain. But I'll wait until physio to see what they say before I do it again. Let me know how you get on. Best of luck with your recovery.
ya happened to me almost two years ago. you never feel the same with an 18 inch piece of metal just chillen fused to the largest bone in your body. I still cant run distances, ski or skate in hockey games.btw i was walking without cruches 3-4 month after my surgery, not well but walking none the less. pretty crazy how fast it seems to heel but its never full strength although i do have almost complete range of motion.
I'm 5 years in after being t boned by a semi. I have full range of motion and mostly I am fine but there are days where it just hurts. Sometimes if I have stressed it a lot in the recent days I notice it most putting on pants and when I balance on that leg it is sometimes tough or even hurts
I just went through this surgery 4 months ago hit by a car I can honestly tell you they literally cut a lot further down the leg than that also I was walking with crutches hours after the surgery and within 3 weeks of surgery I could walk with one crutch by 1 1/2 I was walking with cane now Im still walking with it but that’s because of my limp
18 months ago I had an operation of which involved a metal rod (including pins and screws) fitted in my right femur. I was thinking can it stay in there for life? If I take it out in the next year, my right femur will not be as secure/strong as it would be with the metal rod. So I'm wondering, could there be any possible, SERIOUS complications if I was to have the metal rod in my right femur for life? I've researched that people (younger people) tend to have it taken out, but wouldn't it only make the femur less secure and strong? As the femur is the strongest and hardest bone in the body, I feel as if now my femur is permanently damaged. The metal rod is its shield. Personally I don't want to take it out...just yet. I am 20 years old.
I had this done, snapped my femur on my 18th birthday! Any questions about recovery feel free to ask. Also I was wondering if anybody could inform me of the disadvantages and advantages or the IM rod removal. And is pain at the point of fracture still common 10 months aftter the break?
Yes I'm 5 years out and I have full range i just continually used a wall and would squat as low as i could with the support of the wall and would try to bounce up and down as much as range/pain tolerance would allow but i have full use again
I had the same surgery 13 years ago and I have no pain from it. I was walking on my own after 6 weeks ,I didn't have the patience to wait, walking was a big help and swimming. The weather can cause pain sometimes but nothing intolerable.
Do you still have the nail in your leg?
How long was you on pain killers for?
I had this done in 2001 , 15 years ago. Has held up well ,no pain. Didn't realize all that it involved until watching this video.
Chesbay53 is it removed
Chesbay53
you may visit to a physiotherapist.
How long was you on pain killers for
I was in horrible pain after a broken femur last month. I woke up after this horrible procedure was done to me, and i felt like a million dollars. Most of the pain gone. Plus one to modern medicine.
I was 100% weight bearing after surgery the same day. 4 1/2 weeks later and i can almost walk.
Hi there Evelyn.
I had this operation bilaterally with Trigen nails in October 2009, I do suffer from a slight 'quad lag' which may be what you are describing. I am unable to fully straighten my left leg, the knee lags around 10-15 degrees. It's not really stiff in any way though, just incapable of fully straightening.
For those that have had this, persevere, I was walking four days after this operation and within 3 months I was walking without crutches and back on the motorbike. ;)!
Cheers!
i just had this done! getting staples out next week. my break was a lot higher and the incisions smaller luckily.
I had my femur and tibia fracture.Its been 4 months.I m walking with a stick.Almost all pains have gone.Knee has bent 100 %.
Its about physiotherapy,ur attitude and good food and rest..
Leave rest on god
I m determined to be as strong as i Was In Sha Allah
How long were you on pain killers for
great video.
for my thesis, I need to know the areas where forces act on the femur. as well as their distribution of forces on different point on the proximal femur. if you have any reference, please let me know.
I have the exact post traumatic bone fragments as shown in the video in my right femur. The surgery was done two Nail/Rod having two screws in proximal femur (top part) and one screw distal femur (bottom). It was done last month. I just hope that vertical bone fragment attach properly with the rest of the bone.
Aah... So there is still room for callus formation! I get it now. Thank you for this.
Had this done on my right femur. I can run and deadlift 250 lbs now. I weigh 160
Thank you for sharing! I had it done two weeks ago and am just embarking on my road to recovery...
@@DanielWaples good luck on your recovery. I’m almost two years out and so far so good, eat lots of meat, veggies and then whatever else you feel like. I was craving chocolate milk hardcore when I got out of surgery.
@@rl1271 well I've not drank, smoked or looked at porn since the break so I'm already a better man for it if I can keep this up 😜
It's been such a humbling experience that I now promise to be kinder to myself... not sure i could deadlift that much weight even beforehand, but now, challenge accepted hehe
I had the IM nailing done 2 weeks ago, im using a walker but can do stairs and as of today can get up and down in chairs im having no pain!
this is exactly whats in my rigt femur after crashing an mx bike but 5 months later i can stil feel the screw at the top if i move in certain direction
yes pain is common for quite awhile...Had that same problem. With some the ache comes and goes for life.
I snapped my femur and had this surgery done when I was 15. 3 months later I was able to walk normally again, and 6 months later I could run again. 2 years later, I went to surgery again to get the implants removed. Now at 21, my femur feels stronger than ever.
This comment is a big motivation for me.
oh that's amazing...
I had this done on both femurs and plates put in both tibia, I had car crash, driving 60mph into a tree, I broke both legs top and bottom, slipped disc in my back, ripped my liver and had a collapsed lung, 4 months later I was walking again, fast forward 1 year and I’m walking and running normally with no pain in my legs, my other injuries are healed nicely. Hopefully I won’t have any problems later on in life
Hi brother I have a doubt pls reply
how new is this, as to say i was afraid of needing a cast, but im walking fine 6 weeks later.
been there and done that! Sooooo painful! Worst pain I had ever experienced! Recovery time takes awhile!
*Had this done on me 50 years ago and Güntscher nail (rod) was removed 6 months later. It was in Sweden, Stockholm. Local anaesthesia. It was horribly painful experience. Today I would demand Epidural /Spinal with Propofol IV on the side. Bangkok-Johnnie 14 orthopaedic operations. Last year TKA/TKR two-stage revision here in THailand* czcams.com/video/vQZNOvIEN78/video.html
Got both legs done with this surgery last week. I loved my experience with it and it was a walk in the park but with some bumps.
Yup, amazingly, I can run fine. My knee had some damage during the injury, torn pcl, but 5 years now and it's still not giving me any trouble. Only qualification is that I've never really run or worked it hard, only light exercising.
My knee is giving so much pain and I'm two weeks post the procedure... might I ask how long it was for you til your knee was settled??? Mines huge at present and the pain is worse than the broken femur!
@flash51050 how much time afterwards did u managed to slightly step it or put slight weight on it (not ur full )
???
i have the same thing..
Had this operation in 2002 suffer with alot of crunching and pain in knee now
i had operation like this. its been 7 years ago and until know i cannot bend my knee. can anyone help me what to do?
Is the pain continue for long time ???
How do they compensate for a patient who hasn't reached full height yet? Had this done when I was 14 and the dr told me he had to guess how tall I was gonna be he nailed it on the head. But I'm wondering how is it done? How do they lengthen the bone?
I had this surgery done on me about a year ago after I was hit head on by a car. My leg has healed pretty well. My largest complaint would be that my hip was very sore after the surgery and is still a little tender today. I cant lay on my side for more than a minute on a hard floor. My leg is slightly weaker then the other one but Im confident that I can get them to be very close in strength.
Kyle Lisowe how long did it take for you to start walking and lifting heavier stuff
Dillen Bang the accident happened at the end of July and I didn't start lifting weights until probably the end of December. I probably didn't start squatting heavy weight until February though. I started walking with only a cane once in a while during Halloween.
Kyle Lisowe I can't wait to start squatting again. Hey, did you ever lose your balance and land hard on your bad leg and have pain? Happened last nite in the bathroom and the pain sucks
I'm identical and 5 years out now am mostly able to lay how and where I want eith every once in a while some discomfort
I broke mine playing hockey. I have an extra screw at the distal end of the femur though.
i had this after a femur fracture, it is a k nail. a good idea i think. and hoffman clamps not forgetting thomas splints,
I think most of those who are feeling fine recovering in a few weeks or without pain are young. my sister at 70 has done this operation today. she had already had fractured the same femur 3 years ago. she did not recover. she was going to have a hip replacement , but 3 days ago she collapsed and was rushed to hospital.
Ohhh yes! I experienced stiffness and pain, but come to find out, I had injuries to the hip and knee that need surgery as well. My Doc. told me it's from the hardware. Very normal!
For 2 weeks I needed mild painkillers to help me sleep. Now 4th week in I don't even aspirin. So far no problems. Get a good orthopedic surgeon and you'll be fine.
2 Isku walk will not be a problem?
What about the knee has to do because mine is rigidly and I can't bend My leg can you tell me why?
Hi Ana, I'm two weeks post the procedure and my knee is so inflamed that its a far far worse pain than the actual break in my femur.... wondering how much my past injuries may have flailed up because of the holding screw in my knee...
How long did yours take to settle down?? Hope its back to full strength now a year later?? 😀
I had this done a month ago to repair my broken femur. The procedure hurt like hell but I'm already walking on it without crutches.
How are you healing up?
@@rl1271 Pretty well actually. There is a slight crack still in the bone but that will heal with more time. I'm walking like I never broke it!
like this I had a surgery in 2010 June. , I don't have pain UpTo now ,but my bone was not healed , in x-ray it was like two pieces on bone..can I go for surgery to replace with new nail. does it works? and bone will heal now
I am having the same problem..have you done bone grafting for this?my doctor is telling to do another operation that is bone grafting.
Hello dears how are u now?
Had this op on my right leg after a car crash (also shattered left knee)
Didn't get to physio until week 4. At week 9 now and have gone from a 5 degree bend to a 85 degree bend (with allot of pain and hard work) Still not allowed do bear more than 50% weight on it. Can't tackle the stairs yet either as knee only had cast off 3 weeks ago and gone from 0 degree to 55 (again with allot of pain and work) but can put 100% weight on it.
Really want to go up stairs to my bed soon.
Samuel what bend do you have now and what percentage of weight are you putting on it?
I'm week 11 now and my right leg (femur break side) went backwards to 80 bend while the knee improved to 65. I was allowed to take cruches home and tackle the stairs. Its great but only allowed once a day until my legs are stronger.
Xray shows bone healing but not fully yet. Surgeon told me to add 10% weight bearing each week. Yesterday I shuffled without cruches across the room. No pain. But I'll wait until physio to see what they say before I do it again.
Let me know how you get on. Best of luck with your recovery.
I was back to 60 hour work weeks doing tree service work in a little over 4 months
ya happened to me almost two years ago. you never feel the same with an 18 inch piece of metal just chillen fused to the largest bone in your body. I still cant run distances, ski or skate in hockey games.btw i was walking without cruches 3-4 month after my surgery, not well but walking none the less. pretty crazy how fast it seems to heel but its never full strength although i do have almost complete range of motion.
I'm 5 years in after being t boned by a semi. I have full range of motion and mostly I am fine but there are days where it just hurts. Sometimes if I have stressed it a lot in the recent days I notice it most putting on pants and when I balance on that leg it is sometimes tough or even hurts
What do they do about the small pieces around the break?
Neeks Media bones should grow back together I had a piece chip when I broke mine . will also grow back really thick too
had this done on monday, still having pain in my hip
+Roflhouse3D i have had this done about 3 years ago and i still have pain all day everyday a dull pain. you get used to it
+backpack Simbones 3 years here also, can confirm
Roflhouse3D did you experience pain while sleeping in your ankle my foot just hurts from the weight of the blanker
I had this done over 2 years ago and I have a full pain in my hip but it's not bad at all. I just can't lay on a hard floor/ground on my left side.
I just went through this surgery 4 months ago hit by a car I can honestly tell you they literally cut a lot further down the leg than that also I was walking with crutches hours after the surgery and within 3 weeks of surgery I could walk with one crutch by 1 1/2 I was walking with cane now Im still walking with it but that’s because of my limp
How are you now bro? Do you still limp?
I also had this surgery last month
18 months ago I had an operation of which involved a metal rod (including pins and screws) fitted in my right femur. I was thinking can it stay in there for life? If I take it out in the next year, my right femur will not be as secure/strong as it would be with the metal rod.
So I'm wondering, could there be any possible, SERIOUS complications if I was to have the metal rod in my right femur for life? I've researched that people (younger people) tend to have it taken out, but wouldn't it only make the femur less secure and strong? As the femur is the strongest and hardest bone in the body, I feel as if now my femur is permanently damaged. The metal rod is its shield. Personally I don't want to take it out...just yet.
I am 20 years old.
I’m in the same situation as u, I’m 19 I had the rod installed 4 months ago in july, idk what to do. Do I leave it in or take it out?
I had this done, snapped my femur on my 18th birthday! Any questions about recovery feel free to ask.
Also I was wondering if anybody could inform me of the disadvantages and advantages or the IM rod removal. And is pain at the point of fracture still common 10 months aftter the break?
Conor Clark hey man, Ik it’s been 6 years but I have a couple of questions
how does the surgeon know where the screws go?
Multiple x rays taken at pretty close quic intervals i believe, but I was only awake for part of my procedure so can't be sure ;)
My same surgery
I can't belive people live through this (me being one of them). The human body is
i just had this done after driving into a tree
Hi same surgery done , but my doubt is small born piece is come to Big one ?
Bend show my x-ray ,
If you help me I send my x-ray copy
Hello bro please share your Xray copy with me
Actually the third fragment is not connected ah?
@@crazybyte3005 you mean steel bar ?
@@shefeerks not a bar,titanium rod in right femur.pls send num
@@crazybyte3005 not titanium rod , steel rod,
Yes
i just had this don
did any one experience stiffness of the knee? i have mine about 35degrees of fixing...
Nyleve Anoletap
its normal.. cause of muscle recover and stiff on bone. u may visit a physiotherapist to recover and exersize .get well soon
Yes I'm 5 years out and I have full range i just continually used a wall and would squat as low as i could with the support of the wall and would try to bounce up and down as much as range/pain tolerance would allow but i have full use again
I make these nails.
had this op 3days ago
+Laura Piazza Now you are good right?
Laura Piazza are u ok now?
xray
Oooh shit this MUST HURT
@ESAtheist
Mara nama vijay kumar hai maiar sargari hai sir
@khasperg
i had operation like this. its been 7 years ago and until know i cannot bend my knee. can anyone help me what to do?
Cherry May Paulo physical therapy will help. I'm going through it right now started at 30degrees I'm up to 105 in therapy. Hard work & determination
i had operation like this. its been 7 years ago and until know i cannot bend my knee. can anyone help me what to do?
Go see an orthopedic or a doctor of sports medicine.
Sir femure fractur hone ke baad foot ball khela ja sakta hai