My wife is an orthopedic nurse and had something very similar to you. she had here hardware removed as well. It depends on your age if you are under 30 your bones as the heal can/will push the screws out so that it will just get worse for you. The down time for the removal surgery is not that long. I recommend removing the hardware if you can afford the operation and the down time.
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Remove hardware in ankle or not?
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Also have fun with TSA now, about half the time I have to get the overly intimate pat down after the body scan, because the ankle sets it off. I need to go back and get the card just in case,when I got my surgery, all they used were metal detectors and I didn't have any problems. So I recommend that if you leave in some of the hardware, that you get the card.
Dad broke his ankle about 10 years ago and ended up with something like 2 plates, 11 screws and a few pins. He lived with the hardware for about 5 years and then it started causing problems. The Doc told him it would be a good idea to remove some of the hardware. They didn't remove everything but even removing just a few of the problem components improved his health immensely.
I have a plate and 8 screws in my wrist from breaking my distal radius. Often times my wrist aches right where the plate sits but I apparently have a fairly high tolerance to pain and the doc said as long as I don't need pain killers it would be a good idea to leave the plate in place.
I have a plate and 8 screws in my wrist from breaking my distal radius. Often times my wrist aches right where the plate sits but I apparently have a fairly high tolerance to pain and the doc said as long as I don't need pain killers it would be a good idea to leave the plate in place.
Really!? I was almost certain titanium didn't set off metal detectors. Maybe they are using different stuff now?
A lot of the original research for determining why bone LOVES titanium was done with dental implants since it is easy to monitor and design a study around. It has a pretty cool history from a science standpoint.
I'm curious to hear what beeeman says about this, he is obviously extremely knowledgeable about this.
I had never had a problem before christmas of last year. I flew out of Sioux Falls, SD and after going through the body scan, I had to get the pat down. I assume it was the ankle only because when I looked at the screen on the machine, there were a number of yellow boxes concentrated on my ankle. Also the guy paid special attention to the ankle during the pat down.
When I flew out of South Bend, on the way back, the body scan was all I got. I guess it's kind of hit and miss, but since the OP is still in contact with his doc I'd think it'd be just as easy to get the card.
jkwparrott
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I can't find my x-ray of my wrist or I'd post it. A titanium plate and 21 screws. It doesn't bother me very much, just not as flexible as it used to be.
Mine are all hex head.
The right one might be in this kit. :lol:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Screw-Remov...640?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c31900a18
