The recovery time for a comminuted fracture of the lower leg is related to the severity of the fracture. If it is a simple comminuted fracture of the lower leg and there is no serious soft tissue damage or no open soft tissue damage, the healing time is generally similar to that of a simple fracture, which takes three months. If a comminuted fracture of the lower leg is accompanied by a serious soft tissue contusion, or if an open fracture occurs in which the fractured end is connected to the outside world, the recovery time for such a fracture will be greatly extended, and the general recovery time for the lower leg is about six months. If there is a local wound infection in the calf after the open fracture, or if there is osteomyelitis, the complete healing time of the calf fracture will be even longer, which may take more than six months.