I had a surgery in 2013 where I had a fracture on my left Humerus. Surgeon fixed a plate during that surgery. Recently I took an x-ray and my surgeon said ok to remove the plate since the fracture has healed completely. Is it advisable to remove the plate or leave it there as it is to support the bone? Its been 3 years and 5 months. I feel ok now and I see that I regained strength to lift weights. Also let me know if I can lift weights - more than 20 kgs. I am able to lift 7 to 10 kgs at the moment.

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Dr. Santosh KadamOrthopedist8yrs exp

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If you have pain on fracture site or plate is giving you pain, then only plate removal is necessary, if its not distubing your day to day routine work, then its not compulsory to remove plate, further you can lift weight up to 20 kg, only when # is totally healed, lift wt if you do not get pain at # site while lifting weight.

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