Treatment for a broken leg depends on which bone is broken and how severe the break is. You may need surgery, but sometimes a ...

What Is a Broken ... leg, go to an emergency room for further evaluation. If you can’t walk, you should call 911 for an ambulance. If you’ve recently had surgery, or had a splint or cast ...

if the patient has a broken leg — or, worse, two broken legs — should he not stay in a cast and flat on his back for weeks? No, concluded Orthopedic Surgeon Ernst Dehne of the Veterans ...

Twenty years ago my husband, Mark, broke his left ankle and was in a cast and on crutches for nearly ... It turns out the standard advice to stay off a broken leg bone for at least six weeks ...