Just had an op last Thurs to take pins screws and metal plate out of my tib . How long should it be before i start to put some power through the pedals . My injury was a shattered patella and broken lateral tibuia plateau joint with a few compications (end of Aug 06) been back cycling last season and just started to do my 1st tts for this year.
cheers
Obviously, this is a question you need to ask your surgeon. Only he/she knows if the screws came out easily, no bony overgrowth on the plate, didn’t have to overdrill some screws, etc.
Having said that, other than incisional issues, there shouldn’t be any other issues and once the incision is healed, you should be able to bike as hard as you want! Hopefully you won’t have too much joint degeneration down the road that I’m sure you were warned about.