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

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 ...

According to Holz et al., the exposed position of the lateral tibial plateau is mainly the reason for the higher incidence of fractures in this part of the bone. [2] This biomechanical study ...

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

It has been suggested that medial tibial syndrome may represent a type of fatigue damage to bone (atypical stress fracture) or a traction peristalgia relating to the origin of the tibialis posterior ...

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, ...

As seen here, the growth plate (epiphysis) of her shin bone (tibia) has not fused to the long ... severe blunt-force trauma caused the fracture to the left side of her skull.

Pain over the affected bone, local swelling and warmth are ... such as the "dreaded black line" stress fracture of the tibia/shin and the Jones fracture of the fifth metatarsal, heal poorly ...

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 ...

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 ...