Plate removal is not done until 1-1.5 years after bone heals.

Thank You For Giving Me Reply . Sir As per My Doctor Suggestion My Bone Have Healed And He Says That in My Broken leg cancellous Callus have Formed . he Says Within 30 Days My Bone Will Be Properly healed. But I have Lost my Knee Movement & he says that after plate removal my leg will be properly moved.

What does your treating doctor say about bone union?

On 2nd June 2011 my motorcycle crashed & i am highly injured with Femur Fracture Near The Knee. But My Knee had safe in the accident.After the surgery my Doctor told that he had implant to the Plate & Screw arrangement in my femur. but one of the compression screw have come out but my doctor belive that my bones are healing well.at right now my leg is infected at that position where the screw have taken out.i am going to 07th Aug 2011 for X-Ray.Could Any one tell me that after how much time the plate will be taken out

It turned out that the break did not heal in 6 months. I was told that I had to have revision surgery with a bone graft, which was done on January 27, 2010. It is now just over 3 months and it is finally healing. I walking with a cane and the prognosis is good. I feel for Mr. Gupta with his problems following surgery. I hope and have to believe that my surgery was done in one of the best hospitals in the world: Hospital for Special Surgery in NYC, and that things will go well for me in the future. It definitely is creepy having so much hardware in my legs. I have severe back problems, long standing–which have intensified from the accident and recuperation period. I am now going to a psychiatrist at HSS.

I need to see your xrays before I could comment. If you wish you could mail me at
contact [at]boneandspine [dot] com

I had same fracture 2 years back on my left thigh and had putted titanium plate with bone grafting. After 9 months the plate got infected and have to remove it. After that I was on external fixetor for 3 months. This is been removed 1 year back and till now not putted any internal fixetor cause chances of infection again. I am 29 and because of age I got good natural bone healing. Now there is very little gap in bone. Should I still wait for natural growth or should I opt for bone grafting ? Will there be any chances of infection again ?
Right now I am walking with 1 stick and quite good weight on left leg , till now there is no pain. But yet a little gap in bone. Please comment.

You had what is called periprosthetic fracture. You seem to be progressing well.

Some times the pain at fracture site ( I assume that you have it there) can occur when you increase the weight bearing gradually due to more load being put. This may be the case.

But if the pain is increased substantially, it might be a good thing to consult the doctor.

If your prosthesis was alright and the bone has been aligned well, you can expect a good prognosis after fracture has united.

Consult your doctor if the pain is troubling you.