After removing the internal patellar fixation, it takes about 1 week to move around properly, and how long it takes to walk normally is related to the patient’s age, the speed of rehabilitation and other factors.
Patellar internal fixation will have a certain effect on the bone strength, coupled with the removal of patellar internal fixation, due to stress shading, patella will often exist to a certain degree of osteoporosis, so patellar internal fixation has just been taken out, but also need to bed rest for a period of time, in bed, appropriate activities of the lower limbs, can not walk on the ground immediately.
General rest for a week, you can get down on crutches without weight-bearing walking, step by step, gradually changed to walk with assistance, off the crutches to walk normally, such as the patient is young, physically fit, faster recovery, probably in the take out of the internal fixation of 1 to 3 weeks or so can be appropriate to walk. If the patient is older, poor physical condition, slower recovery, it may take more than three months.
After removal of the internal fixation of the patella, the patient should undergo rehabilitation under the supervision of a doctor.