Medically reviewed by Stuart Hershman, MD Broken ankles may involve one or more of the three bones of the ankle joint—the ...

Background Tibia shaft fractures (TSF) are common for men and women and cause substantial morbidity, healthcare use, and costs. The impact of nonunions on healthcare use and costs is poorly described.

A 61-year-old man is referred to the Bone Management Center for a consultation about a possible wound infection following treatment for an open tibial pilon fracture. Two weeks earlier he fell ...

Adentunji Ogundeji, also known as T, was playing a football match for his team, Mossley Hill AFC, when he was injured, ...

In 1958 Devas 10 described pain in this area and attributed the cause to stress fracture. In 1986, Detmer 11 first proposed a classification system with which to separate inner tibial border pain into ...

Radiography revealed a fracture of the proximal tibial diaphysis that was in the ... A follow-up radiograph confirmed bone healing and showed marked callus formation and periosteal reaction ...

Conclusions: On the basis of lower in vivo strains and strain rates, treadmill runners are at lower risk of developing tibial stress fractures, but less likely to achieve tibial bone strengthening, ...

If irritated for long enough, it can lead to a tibial stress fracture. This is when the bone starts to crack and swell. Pain can also occur along the front part of the tibia (the tibial spine ...

It articulates at the knee with the tibia (shin bone ... with a fracture at this location. If the fracture occurred at the ...