How does pregnant woman ankle fracture treat?

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Fracture is one of the most common bone diseases, which can occur in multiple bone parts of the body. The occurrence of the disease has a great impact on the work and life of patients. The disease can be divided into three different periods in clinic, namely: early stage, middle stage and late stage. The treatment should be carried out according to different periods. Then, how to treat ankle fracture of pregnant women? Let's get to know.

How does pregnant woman ankle fracture treat?

First, X-ray is needed to determine whether there is a fracture, as well as the location and severity of the fracture. If necessary, CT or MRI examination is also needed; About follow-up review and functional exercise, the general fracture healing time is about 3 months, but different parts and fracture conditions, the healing time is different, the slowest healing is the lower leg, generally takes more than half a year. There is a relationship between the time of plaster fixation and the location, and the time of each location is different, so we need to listen to the opinions of orthopedics doctors. Follow up is very important. Generally, X-ray should be reviewed every month to one and a half months after fracture treatment to understand the fracture healing. Weight bearing is prohibited before fracture healing; Active functional exercise is the guarantee to restore good function, different parts of the exercise method is not the same, need to consult orthopedic doctors in time;

Second: to determine the next treatment method, if it is a single part of the fracture and the displacement is not obvious, conservative treatment can be considered, generally choose manual reduction and plaster fixation, if the displacement is obvious or open fracture or multiple fractures of the whole body generally need to be treated by surgery;

Third: conservative treatment of fracture or operation precautions: conservative treatment requires close observation of limb swelling. Generally, the swelling will aggravate in the first three days after injury, and then gradually subside. Conservative treatment has the risk of displacement, which generally occurs about 1-2 weeks after plaster fixation of fracture. Therefore, X-ray should be reexamined every week 2 weeks before plaster fixation; As for operation, one week after closed fracture is the best time for operation. The main points for attention after operation are wound and swelling. The swelling gradually aggravates in the first three days, and then gradually disappears. It generally takes one to two weeks to disappear. The stitches of wound limbs need to be removed in two weeks after operation;

matters needing attention

Fracture patients should actively cooperate with the doctor's treatment, do not carry out some violent activities during the treatment, drink more soup of activating collaterals, muscles and bones, and do some rehabilitation training appropriately to help the wound heal. In addition, in daily life, especially the elderly should pay special attention to their own body, once there are signs of fracture to timely treatment.