Swelling of the foot after the removal of the fixed plate may be caused by local soft tissue injury, blood vessel injury, incomplete healing of the fracture or re-fracture.
1. Soft tissue injury: due to the fracture caused by the surrounding soft tissue injury or fixation plate fixed for a long time, resulting in poor blood circulation around the fracture can occur after the removal of the fixed plate foot is still swollen.
2. Vascular injury: due to the fracture-induced vascular injury, causing local blood reflux obstruction, the patient may have the symptom of swollen feet in a long time.
3. Incomplete healing of fracture or re-fracture: due to incomplete healing of fracture or re-fracture caused by stress stimulation at the fracture end, the patient may have the symptom of swelling of the foot after removal of fracture fixation plate.
There may be other reasons for the swelling of the feet after the removal of the fixed plate, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, and then give targeted treatment or therapy.