External Fixator Pin Care: Hvornår du skal kontakte lægen
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- Fever with increasing pain, redness, and purulent drainage at a pin site (possible deep infection or osteomyelitis)
- Pin feels loose with movement in the bone — wobbles, clicks, or is painful with weight-bearing (possible bone infection or resorption)
- Sudden increase in pain at fracture site with new instability (possible fixator failure or loss of reduction)
- Neurovascular changes distal to fixator: numbness, tingling, cold extremity, loss of pulse
- Pin bends, breaks, or detaches from the frame
- Increasing redness and drainage at pin site that was previously clean (Grade 2 infection)
- New warmth or swelling around a pin site
- Crusting that reforms rapidly despite cleaning and appears different from usual
- Pain at a pin site that is worsening rather than improving
- Skin tension or tenting around a pin (skin pulling against the pin with movement)
Hav dine oplysninger klar, når du ringer
- Navnet på din operation (External Fixator Pin Care) og datoen for din operation
- Din aktuelle temperatur
- Smerteniveau (0–10) og hvor det er
- Al medicin du har taget de seneste 24 timer
- En beskrivelse af såret (rødme, væske, åbning)