Background Tibia shaft fractures (TSF ... and high per-patient costs. Open fractures are associated with higher likelihood of nonunion than closed ones. Effective screening of nonunion risk ...

A surgeon may consider amputating a limb that has sustained (1) a high-grade open fracture, (2) severe vascular injury, or (3) significant nerve damage, such as to the posterior tibial nerve in ...

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 ...

Detroit Lions EDGE rusher Aidan Hutchinson is nearing the end of the rehabilitation process after suffering a broken tibia and fibula against the Dallas Cowboys. “I feel good," Hutchinson told Pat ...

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, ...