Q: I was diagnosed with a fracture of the tip of the distal fibula with no displacement on Oct. 17, 2005. The original pain and swelling had decreased within a month but further X-rays in January and ...

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, given IV ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Jennifer J. Beck, MD, and colleagues surveyed 1,400 members of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North ...

Ankle fractures, particularly those involving the distal fibula, represent a significant portion of lower‐limb injuries worldwide. Traditional treatment involves open reduction and internal fixation ...

Injuries suspected to be distal fractures of the fibular Salter–Harris I growth plate are almost always ankle sprain injuries Because of presumed weakness of the growth plate relative to adjacent ...

An important patient care skill is the ability to rapidly immobilize a suspected lower extremity fracture. Many lower extremity fractures are particularly emergent, both due to the forces involved in ...

Suture fixation of acute disruption of the distal tibiofibular syndesmosis is done with the patient in the supine position, either under general or spinal anaesthesia, with antibiotic prophylaxis and ...

Figure 1: Phantom® Fibula Nail implanted in the fibula for fracture stabilization with syndesmotic repair using the R3FLEX™ Stabilization System (Photo: Business Wire) ENGLEWOOD, Colo., October 16, ...

Levante's Aitor Fernandez helps Real Madrid's Eden Hazard during the match between Levante and Real Madrid in Valencia, Spain, February 22, 2020. [Photo/Agencies] MADRID - Real Madrid will be without ...

This section describes safety outcomes from the published literature that the Committee considered as part of the evidence about this procedure. For more detailed information on the evidence, see the ...