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Sir my grandmother was recently operated for a fracture in leg where the broken bone injured a artery after the operation the leg is not moving and is slowly turning blue doctors are saying that it was due to error in artery joining and due to which blood circulation has stopped in the leg. They are suggesting to cut the leg else there is a life risk in cleaning the blood clot sir I wanna know is there any other way to start the circulation again so that there would not be a need to cut her leg please reply soon.
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If it's more than 6 hrs post injury, there are no chances of saving leg, despite second surgery. And if gangrene has started, leg needs to be amputated as soon as possible, to prevent it spread.
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