After internal fixation of the heel bone, the time to take out the steel plate is usually one year after the operation, and special patients can take it out earlier or later.
1. General situation: heel bone fracture belongs to the more common type of bone fracture of the lower limb, most of them are caused by the vertical external force on the heel bone area, most of them are seen in the fall injury. If the fracture line of the heel bone is poor in contrast, it usually needs to be treated with surgery, in which the plate or steel nail fixation is needed.
Plates and nails belong to internal fixation, and the time for removing internal fixation is usually about one year after surgery.
2. Special circumstances: some special patients after heel osteotomy and internal fixation, the time of internal fixation removal can be advanced or delayed as appropriate, for example, after the fracture healing, the internal fixation loosened or caused by the pain caused by the pressure, you can consider removing it earlier; comminuted fracture patients due to the slower healing, you can consider removing the internal fixation in the node of one and a half years or two years after the operation.
After the heel fracture surgery, should be timely consultation review, follow the doctor’s instructions for rehabilitation exercises; if the heel fracture to remove the internal fixation of pain, swelling and so on, it is recommended to timely follow-up.