The tibia or shinbone is the most common long bone in the body for someone to fracture. The severity of symptoms depends on how it breaks, which is usually from a traumatic injury or overuse injury.

Oblique and transverse fractures. Crush injuries can cause diagonal (oblique) ... If your fibular fracture involves your knee and the tibia, you'll likely need to see an orthopedic surgeon.

Proximal tibia fractures emanating from the inferior screw may be effectively treated with hardware removal, IMN and bone grafting of the fracture site. References: Bellemans J, et al. Am J Sports ...

A transverse fracture is when the fracture line is perpendicular to the shaft (long part) of the bone. An oblique fracture is when the break is on an angle through the bone; ...

We identified 594 potentially eligible patients from the hospital database review. Of these, 200 were included in our analysis. Patients were excluded if they had an insufficient amount of follow ...