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Originally Posted by tk13
Sounds like his right leg had significant damage.
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Sounds like he also had a fasciotomy due to compartment syndrome. That means that he had so much swelling in the leg, that the swelling was cutting off circulation, so they have to cut open the thick tissue around the muscle to relieve the pressure. This is typically left open for a while so the swelling can go down before they suture it closed
Nasty injury. Comminuted (multiple pieces) open fractures to the tibia and fibula in two separate areas on the same leg
Surgical fixation of the ankle and foot as well.
That leg was mangled, he is lucky to keep it