Hi, To bring you up to speed, let me first say my info.
Im 20, had a broken scaphoid for like 2 or 3 yrs before i was operated on in 2006. All went ok, and it looks like it would heal. I had a graft from my bond on my forearm as can be seen in xrays. I had a blood supply line givin to the scaphoid non union fix to give it blood flow. I went about my business til I went to sign up for the military to become a Helicopter Pilot, and was denied due to it not healing. My question, as I went to my orth already and hes refering me to a DUKE Uinversity doctor, and im all the way in S florida is:
Is there any where in florida that would take a graft from my ankle area, which can do vascularized graft, which I guess is a big deal to my "hand surgeon, Doctor Gates.?
Is there any way I would be able to find this out, bar calling every doctor office in flordia?
Is this procedure, in which they re-fix the problem, worth it? (doc told me ide have 2 groups of surgeons working on me, for my ankle area, and the wrist...$$ wise??
Am i doomed :(
Thanks, and added the XRAY for ya all