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Originally Posted by hadfield4wd
My buddy did 20 years ago. Last year he had to have the rid removed due to needing a hip replacement lingering from the original accident. Took him a while but is a great rider.
He still rides aggressively. Oh and he?s 38
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That's good to hear, except having to go under again to have the rod removed. I expect it is a less traumatic process than inserting it in the first place as it doesn't involve the initial break and associated collateral damage.
Do you know how serious his was? Obviously it takes a lot of force to break a femur, but I have read that the greater number of breaks / parts the more serious the injury. At the bottom of the scale is a single break into 2 pieces, I appear to have the 2 ends plus at least 8 fragments which all have to hopefully grow together, providing they still have sufficient blood supply.