I remember when I transferred to orthopedics, the teacher said that any reliable internal fixation could not be supplemented by external fixation, otherwise it would be a doubt about my own surgical operation and postoperative firmness, denying the success of my operation!
This sentence can be said to have a profound impact on me. If you are not at ease, don't have the operation. The simple external fixation of the fracture itself is generally about 45 days to 60 days. Do you still need a plaster cast so long after internal fixation? Doctors may say that this is more reliable, but it also sacrifices the time and opportunity of functional exercise. As the saying goes, too much is too late. Our hospital has never seen an intramedullary nail fixed with plaster external fixation.