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> With this is mind I saw a lady referred from St Elsewhere's for fracture
clinic
> referral. She had an avulsion fracture of the navicular. I took the POP
off
> and treated here with DTG. She went and complained as the other hospital
had
> put her in plaster and that nasty doctor made her weight bear.
> I treat most the sprains now with DTG and high risk I give LMW heparin
when
> immobilised in a POP
> Danny
> McGeehan
Quite right Danny, I treat all avulsion fractures with DTG or nothing at
all. POP is not good for them, just leads to more problems, i.e. joint
stiffness, muscle wasting, loss of proprioception, DVT risk, etc etc.
Adrian Fogarty
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