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Cast treatment may increase complications among children with distal fibula fracture, ankle sprain

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Jennifer J. Beck, MD, and colleagues surveyed 1,400 members of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North ...
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A 42-year-old woman with type II open, right distal-third tibia, fibula fractures

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 ...
Business Wire

Paragon 28 Launches the Phantom® Fibula Nail System for Less Invasive Fracture Repair

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Paragon 28, Inc. (NYSE: FNA) is pleased to announce the launch of the Phantom® Fibula Nail System, designed to give surgeons a less invasive option to treat the ...
Medscape

Kids' Lateral Ankle Injuries Rarely Require Casts

Lateral ankle injuries without radiographic evidence of a fracture are common injuries for children and rarely result in Salter-Harris I fractures of the distal fibula (SH1DF), according to a ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana

A fracture of the distal fibula doesn't always mean surgery

Q: I was diagnosed with a fracture of the tip of the distal fibula with no displacement on Oct. 17, 2005. The original pain and swelling had decreased within a month but further X-rays in January and ...