A 42-year-old woman was involved in a motorcycle crash and sustained a type II open, right distal-third tibia and fibula fractures (Figure 1). The patient was appropriately resuscitated ...

Forming the top of your ankle joint, meanwhile, is the fibula distal aspect ... it's more common to break the latter or experience a fracture. When you fracture your fibula, in some cases ...

Ankle Fractures of the Distal Fibula At the distal end of the fibula where it articulates with the talus, it creates the lateral malleolus. Because the lateral malleolus is so prominent ...

Tas, David B., et al. "Intramedullary fixation versus plate fixation of distal fibular fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and observational studies." ...

Ankle pain after trauma is most commonly caused by either a distal fibula fracture of the ankle or an ankle sprain. However, the differential diagnosis of an “ankle injury” is much broader.

an intramedullary device will suffice for short oblique or transverse fibular fractures. The distal fibular fragment must not be allowed to remain externally rotated, since persistence of this ...

He was intoxicated at the time. He required an open reduction and internal fixation of his right distal fibular fracture. A one-third tubular plate and 6 cortical screws were used for fixation.

The threaded distal screws and user-friendly proximal ... with a design that sets it apart from current offerings for fibula fractures. The Phantom® Fibula Nail System gives surgeons precision ...