Broken ankles may involve one or more of the three bones of the ankle joint—the tibia, fibula, and talus. There are different types of ankle fractures—lateral malleolus and bimalleolar fractures, for ...
A displaced fracture of only one malleolus must be accompanied by ligamentous injury of either the deltoid or syndesmotic ligaments, or both. When there is only one break in the ring of the ankle ...
The mean age was 44 (SD 14); 65 subjects had a unimalleolar fracture and 40 had a bi- or trimalleolar. At 12 months, 99 patients, 59 women and 40 men participated, the mean age was 45 (SD 14 ...
A fibula fracture occurs when there is a partial or complete break of the fibula bone. The fibula is the smaller of two bones of the lower leg, situated between the knee and ankle, that helps keep the ...
While commonly referred to as a “broken wrist,” most wrist fractures are actually fractures of one or both of the two bones of the forearm, the radius and the ulna. A fracture of the distal radius is ...
In a viral video titled “The Fracture You Don’t Want - Penile Fractures” from the Institute of Human Anatomy, lecturer Jonathan Bennion dives into the uncomfortable reality of penile ...