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raboina
12-13-2006, 03:56 PM
Dr. Joshua,

I have been involved in a motor vehicle accident five six weeks ago where i was struck by a car. I as admitted to the emergency room where they failed to diagnose my broken fibula. I then got a second opinion where the fracture was overlooked again a few weeks later. Returning to the same doctor weeks later with the same leg pain complaint he orders an MRI and finds the break in my leg and orders new x rays that i got to see. the break is very obvious. he still after this will not treat the fractured fibula. he says i will be fine in a few years. not to run for a year or do anything strenuous. i think this is crazy. what do you think? what is normally done to treat a fractured fibula?

Dr. Joshua
12-14-2006, 08:37 AM
Hi, thanks for your question. Here's the link to the answer:
http://askdoctorjoshua.com/2006/12/14/accident-injury-failure-to-diagnose-fibula-fracture/