Distal aspect. The distal aspect of your tibia is the lower end that connects with your ankle. It has a medial malleolus, which forms a large bony bump on the inside of your ankle.

A 42-year-old woman was involved in a motorcycle crash and sustained a type II open, right distal-third tibia and fibula fractures (Figure 1).The patient was appropriately resuscitated, given IV ...

Patients with ankle arthritis, a widened mortise and minor talar tilt experienced less pain in the short term after distal tibial osteotomy without fibular osteotomy, according to study results ...

Background In the last years intramedullary nailing has become the treatment of choice for most displaced diaphyseal tibia fractures. In contrast intramedullary nailing of distal tibia fractures ...

A number of sites can be used for intraosseous needle insertion in an adult, such as the proximal tibia, the distal tibia, the humerus, the distal femur, the sternum, the calcaneus, and the ...

Ankle fractures are one of the most common injuries with over 470,000 predicted in 2024 in the US. 1,2 Injury to the distal tibiofibular syndesmosis is ... of the fibula relative to the tibia. 4 ...

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