While skiing at high speed, a 37-year-old man lost control, struck his left lower leg against a tree, and sustained a complex proximal tibia and fibula fracture initially managed with an external ...

Background: Footballers constitute a unique group of patients with tibial shaft fractures. They tend to have excellent general health and well developed musculature in the leg, and their fractures are ...

This study aimed to investigate the nature of life impacts following ankle fractures with the intention of describing a thematic conceptual framework based on these lived experiences of people who ...

Helfet. Radiographs revealed a right-sided displaced distal tibial pilon fracture with extensive articular comminution and associated displaced fibula fracture with significant soft tissue swelling. A ...

Those included four broken ribs, a fractured fibula, tibia, and multiple other fractures. There were also several other injuries in different stages of healing, "indicating fractures and injuries had ...

This is great to hear as complications can occur with any injury or surgery. A famous recent example is Alex Smith who suffered infections related to his tib/fib fracture that delayed his return for ...