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By healthyboy3031 | 37 posts, last post
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I broke my right femur in a car accident about 10 years ago. I now have a rod and two screws. One in my hip and one right above my knee. The rod and the screw in my hip never give me problems. But recently when I squat down to grab something or pet a dog my screw above my knee seems to shift and gets "stuck". Sometimes I can squat back down and it will shift back down, but this time it seems to be "stuck" for good.  I know removing the screw would be the best bet. However, not currently having insurance is preventing me from this. Has anyone ever had this experience? Any help would be appareciated.

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I had my right femur broken on purpose by my doctor for leg lengthening of the right femur it's been two years now I'm feeling a lot better but all of a sudden I'm having extreme pain in my right hip as well as my thigh can barely put any weight on it i'm thinking I need the im rod and screws removed from my femur bone my dr is out of town until next week Will have to tough it out because my daughter is getting married the beginning of June and I need to be able to walk her down the aisle!
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I broke my femur Dec 2014 was going well until 2 lots of rehab last week and now my upper leg is so painful I can hardly walk. Nothing helps. Have to go back to doctor to see why this has happened
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Hi there i broke my left femur 2 months ago the pain now isnt to bad but the problem im having is i cant bend my knee past 60% im getting really worried about it now
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I've heard of this happening. I was told its from cartilage getting hung up on the screw.
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Just work on bending and extending your knee throughout the day. Those muscles and tendons stay tight for awhile. I didn't have my brace removed until the 5th week. I was at about 60-70 degrees at that time. Just bending that leg back and forth loosens those muscles up. If you can't stand the pain holding it out and down while sitting, I would lay down on a bed or couch on your side and bend it back and forth. That way the whole leg is supported. For me it was so painful to lift it from a sitting position.
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I, too, had the same surgery, and am having difficulty walking. The surgical leg is shorter, as well, which causes even more difficulty. I have been going to out-patient therapy 3 x per week, not aqua, however. Very discouraged!!! Are you still having problems?
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If you feel something is wrong go with your gut. I hate an operation on my femur and his and I complained with my first operation with him that something was wrong and he ignored my cries but sure enough the plate on my femur had come out of the bone and we had to place a femoral nail down my hip. After that operation I knew something was still wrong again my cries were ignored come to find out he placed the rod in too far and it had come out of the bone above my knee and it had destroyed my knee. Don't give up, go to someone who will listen. Go to the ER they will have to do test to find the answers.
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Actually I came on here to find the answer to this question. Did you ever find detailed out what was wrong? I am experiencing this issue now
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I broke my femur 3 yrs ago. Horrible hip pain and felt like the rod was digging into the tissue with every movement. My leg rotated in. I had the rod removed after six months. What a relief in my hip area but it still hurt in my hip and my leg turned in. I did yoga and biked and tried so hard to rehab. Finally went to another doctor. Internally rotated thirty degrees. He went in to rebreak it... Discovered there was a hip fracture that was missed and my leg was internally rotated from the hip not the fracture site. But I had valgus deformity at fracture site. It took him 4 hours to fix everything the best he could. That leg still hasn't healed. It's been 10 months. Leg is half inch shorter than the other one. Just had the rod removed even though it has a little more healing to go. But the rod was causing so much pain and bruising. Praying it heals and no more surgery. Always listen to your body. Nobody would listen until the second surgeon. He was shocked I had been getting around as well as I had. Both rods caused me horrible pain and I'm pretty tuff. I know others that haven't had any problems with a rod. I actually have one in my other tibia that doesn't bother me. But don't doubt yourself. That is a miserable pain.

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I broke my hip screw and my knee screw. I had a rod and screw replacement in Feb 2016 and then just had another one in Nov. I'm now seen at Duke University Orthopedics. They are stumped as to why I'm having so much pain and can barely walk. It's so frustrating. Now they are sending me to endocrinology. It's been over 2 years now (Dec 1, 2014) and still no answers.
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i HAD A HIP REPLACEMENT IN jULY, DURING SURGERY THE SURGEON FRACTURED MY FEMUR, I WAS 12 WKS NON WEIGHT BEARING, AND NOW i HAVE BEEN REHABILITATING FOR 4 MONTHS, THE SURGEON STRAPPED THE BONE WHILE I WAS IN SURGERY, AND NOW THE HIP IS DOING GREAT, BUT i AM GETTING A LOT OF PAIN ON THE FRONT OF THE THIGH ALMOST EXACTLY WHERE THE STRAP IS, ANY IDEA WHY THIS MIGHT BE?
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Sound like the IM nail is protruding into your soft tissue
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How are you now?
I had rta on december 2016 and fractured my left femur comminuted fracture into 6 peaces now it is healing but still there is a gap in tow places also my screw in the knee it is coming out and make swelling and pain now i am walking with one crutch outside and walking without crutch inside the home but still limping . My dr last time told me to do another surgery maybe by next month to improve healing and faster it but actually i brefer to wait and maybe bone will heal by its own i dont know what to do now if any body can help me please
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I broke my femur 20 years ago an starting to have trouble in the back of the knee
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