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Is a nonunion femur life threating??????????
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Thank you for your response. Its my (R) femur and its been broke for twenty years i was in a car wreck at the age of twenty. It was a compound fracture thats turned into a non-union. I do not have a doctor because of money but I do have medcare. But im resposable for the twenty percent. Anyway I have nothing holding the broken femur they took all hardware out five years ago they found infection under the plate so they treated me with six weeks of vagomyason. I m getting worried about infection. my leg doesnt have fever but could infection be doing damage to my body without me knowing it?
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Well, this would depend on the location/ type of fracture, displacement and complications. Though not life threatening in most cases, it could lead to significant morbidity.
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