Bernie your bones, bro.

Maybe? But again, reabsorption is so commonplace that it's not particularly a significant teaching opportunity. I

f we're assuming that what this person claimed is true, the only real educational thing about this is how important it is to stick to the prescribed follow up care. This more than likely would have been caught during follow up imaging post reconstruction.

Or bone eating surgeons

Or the moopsy.

Prob not, osteomyelitis is pretty nasty and would have been cause for revisional intervention. The limb would have been visibly swollen and the post op wounds prob would have been weeping a bunch of nasty pus.

Another new fear now. Yay.

it assist only a little

Not really during normal ambulation, it mainly aids in stability and in certain range of motions in the ankle. Even less so in post traumatic reconstructions like in this particular image.

Nah, the fibula doesn't really bear much weight, it mainly helps with ankle stability and helps with ankle rotation. Things that probably aren't really a factor after the reconstruction that this patient acquired after their accident.

Haha, nah. You typically don't excise bone fragments when you plan on putting them back together. That would force you to unnecessarily remove a bunch of soft tissue that surrounds/attaches to the bone.

Nah, I practice at a teaching hospital. Knowing about reabsorption is stuff you learn when you learn about osteoclasts in med school. If you make it to a residency without knowing about osteoclasts, something horrible has happened.