Next in surgery with Milton, is 14-year-old Jack, who has broken his ankle falling off a motorbike.
“I was on my trials bike, it started to lift, I fell off the back of the bike and the bike landed on my ankle. I heard it crack, it hurt – quite a lot,” Jack comments.
Although jack injury looks subtle. It is a significant growth plate injuries. Slight misalignment where that is sitting and the rest of bone. That misaligned growth plate might cause an issue in how the leg grows and is formed, it is important to get it right
To access the part of the joint, tendons and nerves, Milton has to navigate carefully to access the bone.
“When jack actually had his injury. The ankle far more deformed and displaced than now. As ankle moved back into position, a lot of tissue I jammed into the facture,” Milton explains.
Milton clears the trapped tissue from the bone, to allow the bone to heal. Fractures near places where the bone is growing, can cause deformities and problems with the joint.
With the bone cleared, Milton can attempt to realign the bones. Once in position, it must be secured into place.
“We are going to put one screw here, one there, once it goes past the fracture the threads will pull the bone into place. It should be exactly where it is supposed to be,” Milton adds.
Jack is keen to get back on his bike, but this won’t be until at least 6 weeks when the ankle is healed.
Jack wasn’t off his bike long, he has since won first place in a local bike trials competition.
