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Moving to the punchline, for many reasons here and there I believe that the nail and the 3. Screws that are holding the nail in place are limiting my movement and causing pain, I honestly don’t mind about the pain as long as I know it’s not killing me. I don’t think I can progress my leg any further without having the nail out, my son is 4 now and you can gather on your own the reasons I debate about it with myself, how long will it take to recover?, how much more damage will they do to my leg cutting me open again,? will I lose my ability to fight off the infections that iv only just stopped having, there’s obviously much more but I’d like to know what you guys thing about it. Thanks
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This was my experience, the hardware was casuing discomfrot that I couldn’t quite put my finger on. I also had Heterotopic Ossification that was removed after the second set of hardware was taken out. I encountered a second infection too, but a round of antibiotics tackled it. I have since had ankle surgery to repair a torn ATFL and impingement (possibly aggravated by all of the single leg weight bearing I had due to my hip) and had no further infections. This said, your injury sounds much more complex than mine but I can attest that the protruding hardware caused issues for me around my soft tissues/ligaments etc… a couple of years on I still have residual numbness but my range of motion is excellent. No regrets for me.