Surgery Status
Surgery: 4.5 hours, on Friday 1/7/05, under full anesthesia -Fresh right ankle graft from a 16 years old male
-Prefect dimension fit
-Allograft fit at first try, pretty uncommon
-Small bone in the ankle broke during surgery, fixed
(bone may have been damaged from previous accident, however, braking of this bone happen in about 10% of transplant)
(bone may have been damaged from previous accident, however, braking of this bone happen in about 10% of transplant)
-Total ankle clean up (from bone residues, scare tissues, …)
-Good recovery at the hospital, in cast
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-Flight back home from San Diego on Sunday night (1/9/05)
-Doing very light Physical Therapy until next doctor visit (1/25/05)
-Under medication (antibiotic and pain medicine), sleep a lot
-Need to keep leg elevated, move from bed to sofa on crutches
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