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Trump_is_GEOTUS 3 points ago +3 / -0

Completely unrelated question.... But how often does a hairline fracture in a foot get infected?

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powershellder 2 points ago +2 / -0

Seeing as how the skin isn’t broken, probably very low.

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BringThePaine 1 point ago +1 / -0

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271713997_Fatal_pulmonary_embolism_following_ankle_fracture_in_a_23-year-old_man

My first patient who ever died actually died from this. Fractured his ankle playing wiffle ball of all things.