I'm not a doctor either, but the second pic looks a bit weird. Isn't the nail curved? I'm assuming it is intentional, so it can fit your tibia, right? But that misalignment in the fibula... However I think that Monegal is a very good doctor, so have faith.
I see that the pics are from 3 months ago. Any more recent pic?
Good luck 
nail curved??
ive seen this in many photos.. that doesnt really bother me, to be honest... common for tibial nails to be slighly bent at top..look nline
fibula does look malaligned... but doubt thats a big issue, or even small issue
Quote from: crimsontide on October 03, 2015, 12:57:13 PMcommon for tibial nails to be slighly bent at top..look nline
OK, no problem with that then. And for the fibula, I'm just curious to see more recent pics.
dr says fibula is aligned
so, i guess it is... it looks off to me too, but what do i know...
ive read fibula serves almost no purpose though, so its not an issue... doubt fibula would cause a limp or something... might be wrong though
but dr says fibula is aligned
Fibula looks just fine. Tibia is still little misaligned, but after seeing number of patients of another doctor compromising with much worse tibial misalignments I think your is ok. However, the main concern should be valgus, which we can't see on X-rays. How is your valgus? Has it been corrected?
i think tibia isnt fixed either... but dr says its just extra callous, not malalignment??
supposedly, no valgus or recurvatum
im kinda glad u said it looks ok... it loks bad to me... dr monegal says the tibia is aligned... and the fibula..
you can see valgus on x rays... its frontal view... doesnt seem to be any... you could definitely see my valgus on my pe op x ray
ankle ok?
Quote from: crimsontide on October 03, 2015, 10:46:19 PMsupposedly, no valgus or recurvatum
why supposedly? can't you see your left leg is not bending outwards? can you tell which one your legs look like now:
Quoteim kinda glad u said it looks ok... it loks bad to me...
not an expert, i'm just telling based on how many much worse cases i saw among another doctor's patients.
Quoteyou can see valgus on x rays... its frontal view... doesnt seem to be any... you could definitely see my valgus on my pe op x ray
which one is frontal view? also can you give a link to your pre-op x-rays, couldn't find?
and i still have a limp because of left leg
im hoping its not because of bones, but it sure feels that way
anyone with experience??? do people sometimes take 5 or 6 months to fully recover and have no limp?? i dont think this limp is due to muscle weakness, but again, dr monegal says hes sure it is... s
nomad... i think the second... maybe first too... thats the frontal view..
doesnt seem to be valgus... valgus is knock knees, my knees do not knock even if i put my feet together
my x ray doesnt look exactly like any of those, becaue i have extra callous
but the one closest is of the normal view... it looks nothing like the varus or valgus ones....
you can see it in the x rays
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