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my left leg tibia and fibula both broken in an accideent about 8 and half months ago. fracture has alaready healed. in surgery external fixators were applied, wiring was done by making holes in the bone. while boring,drill machine was moved in a bigger diameter makeing a wound which was also burnt. this wound still not healed. a very little drop of pus ozzes...
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  I had the same thing almost exactly happened to me and turns out it was severely infected even though that was the only sign of it.
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Hi,
     How are you? It is difficult to say what it is without examination. But the most common causes of non healing of a wound could be infection, disruption of blood supply to that part of the body, diabetes, infection etc.

As you mentioned that pus oozes from that wound, I would suggest to get a culture done of the pus, which would help in using the appropriate antibiotic for that infection.
Consult your orthopaedician to rule out all the possible causes for this.
Best.
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