Biggest danger with popping a broken toe back in place (avascular necrosis)
About this episode
I had a question on one of my YouTube videos in which I was trying to explain the procedure for broken toes called "closed reduction." That's the fancy term for popping the broken bone back in place or "re-setting the fracture."
You may have heard someone say, “Well, I had a fracture and the doctor had to "set it" or the doctor had "put the broken bone back in place.”
There is a risk and a benefit to everything. Even with non-surgical fracture treatment.
Putting a fractured piece of bone (in a broken toe) back where it belongs is more likely to make it heal in the right position, because you put it back in the right position.
If you leave the broken bone in the wrong position, it may heal and then cause problems later because it's crooked.
Today on the Doc On The Run Podcast we're talking about the biggest danger with popping a broken toe back in place.
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