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 ...

Type V: A type V tibial plateau fracture happens when both the lateral and medial tibial plateau are affected, typically in a split bicondylar fracture. Type VI: Type VI fractures are bicondylar.

Disclosures BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2013;14 (120) Background Fractures of the tibial plateau are severe injuries, accounting for 5–8% of all fractures of the lower leg.

A new paper in JAMA Network Open determines whether type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) increases the risk of fractures in older women. Study: Type 2 Diabetes and Fracture Risk in Older Women.

McGurty and colleagues gathered data on 578 patients treated for tibial spine fractures from an institutional review board-approved multicenter retrospective cohort of patients treated for tibial ...

Published by: Sources/Disclosures Collapse Source: Collinge CA. Proximal tibia nailing: Suprapatellar nailing tips and tricks. Presented at: Orthopedics Today Hawaii 2022. Jan. 9-13, 2022 ...

The tibia is paired with a shorter leg bone called the fibula, and they’re connected with an interosseous membrane. This membrane is a sheet of connective tissue that acts as a type of joint.